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Philip Stanhope Worsley

Julia Margaret Cameron British, born India
1866
Not on view
Philip Stanhope Worsley fu un poeta formatosi a Oxford che, tra l’altro, tradusse l’Odissea e parte dell’Iliade in strofe spenseriane. Sofferente di tisi fin dall’infanzia, morì all’età di trent’anni a Freshwater, nell’isola di Wight, dove viveva anche Julia Margaret Cameron. L’intensità della vita intellettuale di Worsley e parte della sua tragedia sono fortemente trasmesse nel ritratto della Cameron, eseguito l’anno della morte del poeta. La Cameron ha isolato il volto del soggetto contro un fondo indistinto, facendo degli occhi tristi e rivolti in alto il centro della fotografia. Alla ipnotica serietà di Worsley l’artista ha voluto aggiungere un cenno di sacrificio, avvolgendo il corpo e immergendo la bella testa, resa quasi a grandezza naturale, in una drammatica oscurità.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Philip Stanhope Worsley
  • Artista: Julia Margaret Cameron, Inglese, 1815-1879
  • Data: 1866
  • Materiale e tecnica: Stampa all'albume ai sali d'argento da negativo su vetro
  • Dimensioni: 30,4 x 25 cm
  • Crediti: Gilman Collection, acquistato, donazione di The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, tramite Joyce e Robert Menschel, 2005
  • Numero d'inventario: 2005.100.27
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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