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"The Finding of Moses" (Mary Hillier with unknown child). 1864. Albumen print. 20,3 x 14,5 cm. Mounted to board (losses in corners), annotated Registered Photograph and signed by the photographer in ink below the image as well as annotated The finding of Moses in pencil in lower edge on the mount. The stylized portraits of Julia Margaret Cameron were prepared with great care and have elements of both the more modern photographic realism of an unretouched close-up portrait, which contrasts strongly with the flowery Victorian era, and a more conventional religious and allegorical composition which points back to the Old Master painters. Today Cameron is rightly regarded as one of the finest portraitists in the history of photography. – Some spots and lines in the negative, especially in lower left mid right and in face area of woman, minimal oxidation mirroring in dark areas only visible at an angle, otherwise a rich dark print in very good condition. Provenance: Sotheby's Belgravia, April 14th, 1989, lot 218. Lit.: Julian Cox/Colin Ford. Julia Margaret Cameron The Complete Photographs. London 2003, ill. p. 145, cat. no. 58.