Cleveland Museum of Art

Sir John Herschel (1792-1871)

Julia Margaret Cameron

Date

1867

Medium

albumen print from wet collodion negative

Culture

England, 19th century

Department

Photography

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Herschel, a renowned British mathematician, scientist, and innovator in photographic chemistry, was not just Cameron’s friend; she regarded him as “a Teacher and High Priest.” She wrote that when such great men posed for her, her “whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner [being] as well as the features of the outer man.”

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