Mary of Bethany (Mary Hillier), 1865

Details

JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815–1879)
Mary of Bethany (Mary Hillier), 1865
albumen print, mounted on paper
signed, titled and annotated 'From Life' in ink (mount, recto); variously annotated in pencil (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 8 1/4 x 10 1/8 in. (21 x 25.8 cm.)
mount: 11 x 14 3/8 in. (28 x 36.5 cm.)

Provenance

Daniel Wolf Inc., New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Literature

Julian Cox and Colin Ford, Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs, Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2003, cat. no. 154, p. 169.

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Lot Essay

The comely Mary Hillier as Mary of Bethany. Catalogue number 154 in Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs by Julian Cox and Colin Ford. At the time of publication of Cox’s work, only one print was known to exist, which had been a gift of the artist to Lord and Lady Elcho, and which remains in the family. The photograph offered here, then, is a previously unaccounted for print.

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