JULIA MARGARET CAMERON

Sacred, allegorical and narrative subjects, circa, 1865-70

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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON
Sacred, allegorical and narrative subjects, circa, 1865-70
Eight albumen prints, seven approx. 3 x 2¼ in., one oval, the other 2¾ x 2.1/8 in. with arched top, each mounted on plain card as a carte-de-visite, various annotations in pencil in a later hand on verso. (8)

Literature

Ovenden [Ed.], A Victorian Album, pl. 13; Weaver [Ed.], Whisper of the Muse, p. 74, no. 13r (Madonna Vigilante), p. 74, no. 15r (Madonna Aspettante), p. 73, no. 10r (Red and white roses); Howard, Whisper of the Muse, pl. 1 (Head of Madonna); Lukitsch, Julia Margaret Cameron, p. 64 (Prospero and Miranda).

Lot Essay

Subjects are as follows: Head of Madonna; La Madonna Vigilante; La Madonna Aspettante; The red and white roses; Prospero and Miranda; May Prinsep (variant of Beatrice); Hattie Campbell and another figure (the figure on the left is illustrated alone, cropped, as The Guardian Angel in Ovenden); and another unidentified subject.

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