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Virginia Woolf (née Stephen)

4 of 62 portraits of Virginia Woolf (née Stephen)

by George Charles Beresford
platinum print, July 1902
6 in. x 4 1/4 in. (152 mm x 108 mm)
Purchased, 1983
Primary Collection
NPG P223

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Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (1882-1941), Novelist and critic; sister of Vanessa Bell. Sitter in 62 portraits.

George Charles Beresford (1864-1938), Photographer. Artist associated with 383 portraits, Sitter in 2 portraits.

Beresford's ethereal photograph is one in a sequence of four from this sitting owned by the National Portrait Gallery.

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