JULIA MARGARET CAMERON

Thomas Carlyle, 1867, printed circa 1870s

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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON
Thomas Carlyle, 1867, printed circa 1870s
Carbon print, 12 x 10 in., mounted on card, ink manuscript credit Photographed from Life,"Thomas Carlyle" by Julia Margaret Cameron and printed label H.H.Hay Cameron, 70, Mortimer Street, W. on reverse, matted

Literature

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Julia Margaret Cameron, p. 62

Lot Essay

Julia Margaret Cameron's position in literary and aristocratic society enabled her to photograph intellectual figures, including the historian Thomas Carlyle. In the Spring of 1867 she photographed him at Little Holland House and made two negatives; a full-facial portrait and a profile portrait.

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