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Circe, 1865. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron.

Circe, 1865. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron.

2-777-641 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Circe, 1865. A child (Kate Keown) with grapes and leaves around her head, in close-up and slightly out of focus, with the subject looking straight into the camera. Circe is an ancient Greek enchantress who appears in Homer’s Odyssey. Cameron inscribed the mount of this photograph with a quotation from Milton: ‘Who knows not Circe / daughter of the Sun’.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Julia Margaret Cameron, attributed to: British; English: Artist, photographer
People Related
  1. John Milton: British; English: Poet
  2. Homer: Ancient Greek: Poet
Medium
  1. Photograph
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Greece

  1. 39 00 00 N , 022 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Mythology

Artistic Representations Portraits

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3948x4960
File Size : 57,370kb

Aliases

  1. 1990.1074.4
  1. DT6532.jpg
  1. 0950039162
  1. 1990.1074.4
  1. 2-777-641
  1. 2777641
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