The Burning of Rome

George Seeley American

Not on view

From l906 to 1910 Seeley was an active, if somewhat isolated, Fellow of the Photo-Secession—the admired newcomer of the group—who lived with his family in the Berkshires and sent soft-focused photographs of willowy maidens in white to Stieglitz for exhibition and for reproduction in Camera Work. A student of Greek and Roman history, Seeley cajoled his mother into sewing vaguely classical costumes for his tableaux, posed friends and family (his sisters Lillian and Laura in this case), and christened his compositions with titles evocative of literary and historical themes.

The Burning of Rome, George Seeley (American, 1880–1955), Gum bichromate over platinum print

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