Gallery of Images

Anna Kingsford

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           Photograph of Anna Kingsford with her signature when in exceptionally vivacious or spiritually elevated mood. It appears at the beginning of the first volume of the biography Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work, by Edward Maitland; 1^st edition, George Redway, London, 1896.

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           Anna Kingsford was a woman of rare beauty. This photograph echoes Maitland’s description when he met her for the first time:

“Tall, slender, and graceful in form. Fair and exquisite in complexion. Bright and sunny in expression. The hair long and golden, but the brows and lashes dark and the eyes deep set and hazel, and by turns dreamy and penetrating. The mouth rich, full, and exquisitely formed. The broad brow prominent and sharply cut. The nose delicate, slightly curved, and just sufficiently prominent to give character to the face. And the dress somewhat fantastic as became her looks. Anna Kingsford seemed at first more fairy than human and more child than woman. (…) and made expressly to be caressed, petted and indulged”. (Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work, George Redway, London, 1896. Vol. I, p. 32)

           This photograph appears in the middle of the first volume of the biography Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work, by Edward Maitland; 1^st edition, George Redway, London, 1896.

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            Anna Kingsford was a woman of rare beauty. This photograph echoes Maitland’s description when he met her for the first time: 

“Tall, slender, and graceful in form. Fair and exquisite in complexion. Bright and sunny in expression. The hair long and golden, but the brows and lashes dark and the eyes deep set and hazel, and by turns dreamy and penetrating. The mouth rich, full, and exquisitely formed. The broad brow prominent and sharply cut. The nose delicate, slightly curved, and just sufficiently prominent to give character to the face. And the dress somewhat fantastic as became her looks. Anna Kingsford seemed at first more fairy than human and more child than woman. (…) and made expressly to be caressed, petted and indulged”. (Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work, George Redway, London, 1896. Vol. I, p. 32)

           This photograph appears in the first volume of the biography Anna Kingsford, Her Life, Letters, Diary and Work, by Edward Maitland in the 1913 enlarged edition.

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           This photograph of Anna Kingsford appears in the site of the International Vegetarian Union (IVU), together with some texts on and by Anna Kingsford.
           http://www.ivu.org/history/kingsford/

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            Photograph of Anna Kingsford found in the excelent site “Sacred Texts”, which has the complete text of one of her major works: Clothed with the Sun:
             http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/cws/

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Anna Kingsford (1846-1888)

           This photograph of Anna Kingsford appears on the cover of the booklet – In Memoriam Anna Kingsford – by Samuel Hopgood Hart, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Anna Kingsford, in 1946. The photograph seems to have been taken on the same occasion as the other photograph where she is shown standing. The booklet is listed in this site in the section “Other Related Works”.

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Anna Kingsford (1846-1888) 

           This photograph of Anna Kingsford is taken from the whole body picture of her (standing up), which is also part of this gallery. It is the same, or very similar, to the one that appears in the IVU site, only bigger and in sharper focus.

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Anna Kingsford (1846-1888) 

           A photograph with Anna Kingsford’s signature when in her ordinary mood. It appears at the beginning of the work The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and the New Gospel of Interpretation, by Edward Maitland. Third and enlarged Edition, The Ruskin Press, Birmingham, 1905. This photograph is practically the same as the first one in this gallery (from another book), only here the signature is different and the quality and clarity of reproduction are better.

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Anna Kingsford (1846-1888) 

  Anna aged 11 with her mother.

(From the book - Red Cactus: The Life of Anna Kingsford)