Title

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?.

Caption

Circe, 1865. Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM20A74_469

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,0Mb (5,8Mb) / 13,2in x 16,5in / 3948 x 4960 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature leaves England female people child children girl girls religious fruit plant plants arts country religion leaf British museum English color photography Greece deity God grapes grape location Victorian century vintage Britain sepia literature concept mythology soft focus B&W goddess direct Colour The Met Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art 19th century black & white black and white B W odyssey Ancient Greece Greek mythology nineteenth century artistic school enchantress Pre-Raphaelite TGN photograph Circe Homer John Milton Milton John Julia Margaret Cameron artistic style Cameron Julia Margaret Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood Heritage Art