Beatrice, 1866, Albumen silver print from glass negative, x cm (14 1/2 x 11 7/16 in. ), Photographs, Julia Margaret

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Beatrice, 1866, Albumen silver print from glass negative, x cm (14 1/2 x 11 7/16 in. ), Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon), In this photograph, modeled closely on a painting then attributed to the Italian Baroque artist Guido Reni, May Prinsep plays the role of Beatrice Cenci, a sixteenth-century Roman woman whose sad tale of rape, revenge, and execution was retold in a nineteenth-century play by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Size: 4002px × 5217px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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