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"The Dirty Monk" (Alfred Lord Tennyson); and George Frederick Watts, Painter
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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879)
"The Dirty Monk" (Alfred Lord Tennyson); and George Frederick Watts, Painter
2 albumen prints. 1865; and circa 1864. The first signed by Cameron and by Tennyson, annotated From Life Registered Photograph and M.W. Brookfield in ink on the mount; annotated Do not show Tennyson but show Mr. Brookfield in pencil on the reverse of the mount. The second signed and annotated From Life in ink on the mount.
9 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (25 x 20cm.); and 8 5/8 x 8½in. (21.8 x 21.6cm.), tondo. Framed. (2)
"The Dirty Monk" (Alfred Lord Tennyson); and George Frederick Watts, Painter
2 albumen prints. 1865; and circa 1864. The first signed by Cameron and by Tennyson, annotated From Life Registered Photograph and M.W. Brookfield in ink on the mount; annotated Do not show Tennyson but show Mr. Brookfield in pencil on the reverse of the mount. The second signed and annotated From Life in ink on the mount.
9 7/8 x 7 7/8in. (25 x 20cm.); and 8 5/8 x 8½in. (21.8 x 21.6cm.), tondo. Framed. (2)
Literature
See: Gernsheim, Julia Margaret Cameron: Her Life and Photographic Work, p. 101 for a variant cropping of the second image.