Cleveland Museum of Art
Julia Jackson
Julia Margaret CameronLinkedCulture matchlcp-e3f9e807b72f
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Culture
- England, 19th century
- Department
- Photography
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 172504
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
One of the greatest portrait photographers of the Victorian period, Julia Margaret Cameron produced haunting images that transcended physical description, mirroring the inner lives of her subjects. This photograph depicts Julia Jackson, Cameron’s beloved niece, namesake, and goddaughter. At a time when most women had only two or three photographs taken of them during their lifetime, Cameron created over 50 portraits of Jackson, a renowned beauty at the time who modeled for other artists. This boldly modern close-up of 21-year-old Jackson—taken just weeks before her marriage—suggests self-reflection and doubt.
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- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Provenance
- Private collection, probably Great Britain, purchased at Sotheby's Belgravia, 26 June 1975, lot 55 | Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc. Pension Trust, 2011, purchased at Bonham's London, November 17, 2011, Photographs, Lot 00004
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