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Woman of the Day Illustration about Ada Lovelace

Victuallers · 1 December 2017

A modern collage of Wikipedia screenshots including an article and portrait of Ada Lovelace.

This modern collage includes a Wikipedia article and portrait representing Ada Lovelace among notable women.

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Collage of overlapping Wikipedia screenshots on a light background. Visible articles: Clarice Lispector, Bryony Page, Emily Dickinson, and Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, with a sepia portrait of Ada Lovelace.
Digital collage referencing Wikipedia articles about Ada Lovelace and other women, 2017.

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What it is

This is a digital collage made in 2017 by a Wikipedia contributor, combining screenshots of several Wikipedia articles, including one about Ada Lovelace with a sepia-toned portrait, alongside articles on other women such as Emily Dickinson.

Why it matters

This image is a modern, derivative artwork rather than a historical source. It reflects how online communities compile and present information about notable women, including Lovelace, for public engagement.

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  • Why might a creator group Ada Lovelace with other notable women in this way?
  • What does the choice of a sepia portrait suggest about how Lovelace is visually remembered?
  • What are the limits of using a collage like this to learn about Lovelace's actual life and work?

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Note G

Ada Lovelace · 1843

Title page of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a romaunt, by Lord Byron. Black-letter heading, an epigraph in French attributed to Le Cosmopolite, and imprint: London, printed for John Murray, 32 Fleet-Street; William Blackwood, Edinburgh; and John Cumming, Dublin, 1812. Aged cream paper.Book

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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

Lord Byron · 1812

Watercolour portrait of a young woman with dark hair in side ringlets and a headdress of dark flowers and a yellow blossom. She wears a black lace shawl over a lilac dress with a gold fan and white gloves, against a grey-brown background.Painting

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Watercolour Portrait of Ada Lovelace

Alfred Edward Chalon · c. 1840

Full-length oil portrait of a young woman in a white satin gown with puffed sleeves and a red velvet fur-trimmed cloak, wearing a jeweled tiara in her dark hair. She stands by a carved wooden staircase and column, looking to the right.Painting

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Portrait of Ada Lovelace by Margaret Carpenter

Margaret Sarah Carpenter · 1836

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Notions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage

Luigi Federico Menabrea · 1842

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