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vogue:

NOSTALGIA: Madonna Photographed by Tim Walker at the Ashcombe House for the August 2005 Issue of Vogue

vogue:

NOSTALGIA: Madonna Photographed by Tim Walker at the Ashcombe House for the August 2005 Issue of Vogue

loquaciousconnoisseur:

George Romney

Lady Emma Hamilton as Cassandra

The portrait shows Emma as Cassandra from Shakespeare’s ‘Troilus and Cressida’. Cassandra was daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy in Greek mythology. Cassandra’s beauty caused the God Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy, but when she failed to return his love Apollo put a curse on her so that no one would ever believe her predictions. Combining deep understanding with powerlessness, Cassandra exemplified the tragic condition of mankind. 

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