Julia Margaret Cameron (English, born in India, 1815-1879)

"Hypatia, Marie Spartali," 1867 or 1868

Albumen print from a wet collodion negative

31.9 x 24.8

The model here presents a very different appearance from many of Cameron’s other milkmaids and daughters of friends, perhaps because she herself was an artists’ model and an accomplished watercolorist. Marie Euphrosyne Spartali (1843‒1927) was the daughter of the Greek consul in London. A pupil of the Pre-R􏰀aphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, she first exhibited at the Dudley Gallery, and in 1867, about the time of this photograph, she was admitted into the 􏰀Royal Academy. Spartali married the American painter and photographer William James Stillman (1828‒1901) in 1871. Before posing for Cameron, she had modeled for Dante Gabriel R􏰀ossetti, Ford Madox Brown, and Edward Burne-Jones.

Julia Margaret Cameron (English, born in India, 1815-1879)
Sir J. F. W. Herschel, April 1867
Albumen print from a collodion negative
35.7 x 26.4 cm mounted on 43.1 x 32.3 cm paper
Signed, dated, and inscribed by the photographer “April 1867 From life not enlarged taken at Sir John Herschel’s own residence Collingwood by Julia Margaret Cameron” in ink on mount

Julia Margaret Cameron (English, born in India, 1815-1879)
"Alice", September 1872
Albumen print from a collodion negative
28.4 x 10.7 cm mounted on 58.5 x 46.5 cm card, ruled in gilt
Signed, titled and inscribed "From life / Registered Photograph Copyright" in ink with Colnaghi blindstamp on mount

Provenance
Christopher Wood, London; Daniel Wolf, 1997; Jan Leonard and Jerry Peil, Leonard Peil Collection

Literature
Julian Cox and Colin Ford, Julia Margaret Cameron, The Complete Photographs (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003) no. 361.
Larry J. Schaaf, Sun Pictures Catalogue Twenty, Julia Margaret Cameron (New York: Hans P. Kraus Jr. Inc., 2011) no. 19, pp. 48-49.

Julia Margaret Cameron (English, born in India, 1815-1879)
Sir J. F. W. Herschel, 1867
Albumen print from a collodion negative
33.4 x 26.1 cm mounted on 46.9 x 40.4 cm paper
Signed, titled and inscribed "From Life taken at his own residence. Collingwood April 1867" in ink on mount