'Hypatia'

PART OF:: Collection of 19 Cabinet Cards and Carte de Visites

Made:: circa 1870

maker:: Julia Margaret Cameron

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An albumen print cabinet card photographic portrait of the artist's model and watercolourist Marie Spartali (1843-1927) entitled 'Hypatia', copied in about 1870 from the original large format albumen print taken by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) in 1868. The cabinet card is cream, has a gold border and facsimile caption. Hypatia was an Alexandrian Neoplatonist philosopher renowned for her beauty, who was murdered by Christian zealots. She was also the subject of Charles Kingsley's (1819-1875) novel 'Hypatia'.

Details

Category:: Photographs

Object Number:: 1995-5035/6

Materials:: cardboard and paper (fibre product)

type:: albumen print and cabinet card

credit:: The National Media Museum, Bradford

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