Lot Essay
This is a portrait of Alice Liddell aged 20 as the Goddess of Fruitfulness. It has been described in Howard's book Whisper of the Muse as 'one of the finest of Margaret's portraits...'
Details
Julia Margaret Cameron
'Alethea', Oct. 1872
Albumen print, 11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in., trimmed to oval, mounted on card within linear gilt border, signed, titled, dated and inscribed From Life Registered Photograph Copyright Julia Margaret Cameron in ink on mount, original green velvet frame.
'Alethea', Oct. 1872
Albumen print, 11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in., trimmed to oval, mounted on card within linear gilt border, signed, titled, dated and inscribed From Life Registered Photograph Copyright Julia Margaret Cameron in ink on mount, original green velvet frame.
Literature
Gernsheim, Julia Margaret Cameron, p. 160 (illus.); Howard, Whisper of the Muse.