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Alma Murray as Beatrice Cenci in 'The Cenci' by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Painting
1887 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Full length portrait of female figure dressed in white holding a dagger in her right hand.

[n.b. canvas unframed. Frame and glass is at Blythe House F21a Pull-out Rack 8.


Object details

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  • Painting
  • Frame
TitleAlma Murray as Beatrice Cenci in 'The Cenci' by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Alma Murray as Beatrice Cenci in 'The Cenci' by Percy Bysshe Shelley' painted by Hal Mansfield Murray, 1887
Physical description
Full length portrait of female figure dressed in white holding a dagger in her right hand.

[n.b. canvas unframed. Frame and glass is at Blythe House F21a Pull-out Rack 8.
Dimensions
  • Height: 62.4cm
  • Width: 46.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
Miss Alma Murray/ as Beatrice Cenci/ a study from Life/ Hal Mansfield Murray 1887
Subject depicted
Literary reference'The Cenci', Percy Bysshe Shelley
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Collection
Accession number
S.161:1, 2-1986

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Record createdJune 12, 2007
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