Marie Stillman (née Spartali)
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Marie Stillman (née Spartali)
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen cabinet card, 1868
5 1/4 in. x 3 7/8 in. (133 mm x 99 mm)
Given by Cordelia Curle (née Fisher), 1959
Photographs Collection
NPG x18051
Sitterback to top
- Marie Stillman (née Spartali) (1844-1927), Painter and artist's model. Sitter in 20 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
Artistback to top
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), Pioneer photographer. Artist or producer associated with 119 portraits, Sitter in 9 portraits.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Flavia Frigeri, Women At Work: 1900 to Now, 2023, p. 70
- Marsh, Jan, The Pre-Raphaelite Circle, 2013, p. 117 Read entry
'I longed to arrest all beauty that came before me,' wrote Cameron, who from 1867 to 1868 used Spartali as a model for an extensive sequence of photographs in costume and everyday dress.
- Marsh, Jan, Insights: The Pre-Raphaelite Circle, 2005, p. 110
Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top
- Pre-Raphaelite Sisters (17 October 2019 - 26 January 2020)
Events of 1868back to top
Current affairs
Following the Earl of Derby's resignation, Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister. However, following a near immediate Liberal election victory, he is replaced as Prime Minister by Gladstone. Gladstone sets out his mission to 'pacify Ireland'.Separately, the first meeting of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is held in Manchester.
Public executions are abolished, and are moved from outside Newgate gaol to inside the prison.
Art and science
Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone published. Credited with writing the first sensation novel The Woman in White, Collins's claims another first here, as the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Herncastle diamond, is recognised as one of the first detective novels.International
An uprising against Spanish rule in Cuba sparks off the Ten Years' War, in which 200,000 lives are lost. Cubans in the eastern provinces unite under wealthy planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Another armed uprising takes place against Spanish rule in the town of Lares in Puerto Rico, known as the 'Grito de Lares'.Comments back to top
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