Julia Stephen with Virginia and Adrian, 1890s

“The Window,” the first part of To the Lighthouse, is probably based upon this series of pictures and memories of St. Ives. In this photograph, Julia is seated in profile outside the drawing room window at Talland House. Virginia and Adrian are inside the house.

Reproduction of plate 37d from
Leslie Stephen’s Photograph Album
Original: silver print (7 x 7 cm.)
Presented by Quentin and Anne Olivier Bell.
Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College

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