ID: 700005859 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700005859	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Marie Spartali (albumen print; Julia Margaret Cameron (British photographer, 1815-1879); 1870; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 84.XM.349.2)

Note: This photograph imitates the soft, dark tones of a charcoal drawing from which a hazy figure emerges. Marie Spartali is centered in the frame, creating a symmetry that adds a sense of calm to her contemplative expression. Similar shades of gray visually echo one another--like Spartali's pinned-up hair, full lips, and the flower detail on her dress. Although Spartali's specific physical traits are blurred, Julia Margaret Cameron did not intend to represent her as an ambiguous, allegorical figure. Cameron liked to pose her Anglo-Greek friend in roles from classical mythology. In this case, the photograph's title declares the sitter's true identity. Perhaps that is because, in addition to modeling for several Victorian painters, Spartali was an accomplished artist in her own right.

Titles:

Marie Spartali (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

albumen print [300127121] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

photographic print [300127104]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: 1870

Creator Display:

Julia Margaret Cameron (British photographer, 1815-1879) [preferred,JPGM]

photographer Cameron, Julia Margaret (British photographer, 1815-1879) [500118804]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.XM.349.2

Other: Creation: Freshwater [1029283] Isle of Wight (unitary authority), England (country), United Kingdom (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Albumen silver print

	albumen process [300133274]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: Image: 36.2 x 26.7 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/2 in.); Mount: 57.8 x 46 cm (22 3/4 x 18 1/8 in.)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Pictorialist [300111559] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>, <modern European fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Spartali, Marie (English painter and artists' model, 1844-1927) [500000544]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

	portrait [300015637]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>) (AAT)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscribed verso mount in ink "Moore/Newport/I. of W.", "Portrait. Mrs. J.M. Cameron", and "J.W. Moore" (excised).

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Marie Spartali	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM,VP]