[Sculptures of Sabrina, an Allegorical Figure of Morning, a Nereide, and Eve Listening]
ca. 1859
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Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
7.9 x 8.1 cm (3 1/8 x 3 3/16 in.), each
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.801 (32a–d)
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Art Historical Context
Philip Henry Delamotte's *Sculptures of, an Allegorical Figure Morning, a Nereide, and Eve Listening*ca. 1859) captures four graceful female figures from classical mythology and biblical lore. Sabrina, the nymph from John Milton's *Comus*, glides alongside a radiant embodiment of dawn, a sea-dwelling Nereid, and Eve in a moment of attentive repose. These small albumen silver prints (each 7.9 x 8.1 cm) showcase Delamotte's skill in documenting sculpture, likely from a Victorian-era exhibition, highlighting the era's fascination with idealized female nudes inspired by antiquity. Produced via gl...
About the Artist
Philip Henry Delamotte · 1820–1889
Delamotte was primarily an illustrator, but he also offered his services to artists as a photographer and photography teacher. His most famous students were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. British photographer.