Beatrice, 1866, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 36.8 x 29.0 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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Beatrice, 1866, Albumen silver print, glass negative, 36.8 x 29.0 cm, 14 1/2 11 7/16, Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron, British, born India, Calcutta, 1815–1879, Kalutara, Ceylon, photograph, modeled closely, painting, attributed, Italian Baroque artist, Guido, Reni, Prinsep plays, role, Beatrice Cenci, sixteenth-century Roman, woman, sad tale, rape, revenge, execution, retold, nineteenth-century play, Percy Bysshe, Shelley
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