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"The Passing of King Arthur"
Creator
Julia Margaret CameronBritish Photographer · 1815–1879
All works by this person →After receiving a camera as a gift, Julia Margaret Cameron began her career in photography at the age of forty-eight. She produced the majority of her work from her home at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. By the coercive force of her eccentric personality, she enlisted everyone around her as models, from family members to domestic servants and local residents. The wife of a retired jurist, Camero
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- 1874
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- British
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 9de1ea45-05f7-4d20-98be-c4dd7ca57099
From the Getty Museum record
Portrait of William Warder in costume and posing as King Arthur from the accompanying Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem titled "The Passing of King Arthur". Arthur's head is turned to the side and he holds the hilt of his sword with one hand. He wears chain mail with a cloak draped over one shoulder, and a helmet adorned with a crest.
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