2nd Version Of Study After The Elgin Marbles', 1867

2nd Version Of Study After The Elgin Marbles', 1867

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Photograph entitled '2nd Version Of Study After The Elgin Marbles' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Cyllena Margaret Wilson (1851-1883) and Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), posed as sculptures from the Parthenon Frieze forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).

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Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1984-5017/52
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 281 mm x 234 mm
type:
photograph and albumen print
credit:
Sotheby's