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Call Number:

PH-00836

Collection Name:

Illustrations to Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, and other poems

Creator:

Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)

Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

No. of Items:

26 photographs in 2 bound volumes

Span Dates:

1875

Description:

Photographically illustrated book, in two volumes, titled Illustrations to Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, and Other Poems (London: Henry S. King, 1875), and containing photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879). The 26 plates are mounted albumen photographs, each with a descriptive caption and the autograph of the photographer. The frontispieces (portraits of Tennyson in monk's garb) are autographed by Alfred Tennyson (British, 1809-1892). Each plate is accompanied by a leaf of text from Idylls of the King in a facsimile of the poet's hand. Dedication of part 1 is dated "Xmas 1874." Volume 1 contains the bookplate of Henry Oppenheim.

Accession No(s):

964:0015:0001-0026

Location(s):

f PR 5577 C264 HRC-P (964:0015:0001-0026)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title A. Tennyson
Date May 1865
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 25 x 20 cm; 9 4/5 x 7 9/10 in (arched top)
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0001
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Gareth and Lynette
Date 1874
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 32.9 x 26.6 cm; 13 x 10 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0002
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Enid
Date 1874
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34.6 x 26.6 cm; 13 3/5 x 10 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0003
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title And Enid Sang
Date September 1874
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 35.1 x 28.3 cm; 13 4/5 x 11 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0004
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Vivien and Merlin
Date [1874]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 31.3 x 27.3 cm; 12 3/10 x 10 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0005
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Vivien and Merlin
Date [1874]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 32 x 25.9 cm; 12 3/5 x 10 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0006
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Elaine “the Lily maid of Astolat”
Date 1874
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34.3 x 28.5 cm; 13 1/2 x 11 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0007
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Elaine
Date [1874]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 32.7 x 25.2 cm; 12 9/10 x 9 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0008
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Sir Galahad and the Pale Nun
Date [September 1874]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34.3 x 25.7 cm; 13 1/2 x 10 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0009
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title The parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere
Date 1874
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 33.8 x 28.7 cm; 13 3/10 x 11 3/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0010
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title The little Novice with the Queen Guinivere in the Holy House at Almesbury
Date 1874
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 35 x 28.5 cm; 13 4/5 x 11 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0011
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title King Arthur
Date [1874 ]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 36 x 27.3 cm; 14 1/5 x 10 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0012
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title “The Passing of King Arthur”
Date [1874]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34.7 x 25.5 cm; 13 7/10 x 10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0013
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title [Alfred Tennyson]
Date May 1865
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 25.8 x 21.3 cm; 10 1/5 x 8 2/5 in; sheet: 43.4 x 33.1 cm; 17 1/10 x 13 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0014
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title “For I'm to be Queen of the May, Mother[”]
Date May 1, 1875
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 35 x 25 cm; 13 4/5 x 9 4/5 in; sheet: 43.4 x 31.6 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 2/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0015
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title "He thought of that sharp look Mother I gave him yesterday"
Date [May 1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34 x 28.3 cm; 13 2/5 x 11 1/10 in; sheet: 43.4 x 32 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0016
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title "So now I think my time is near[“]
Date 1875
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34.3 x 26.1 cm; 13 1/2 x 10 3/10 in; sheet: 43.4 x 32.2 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0017
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title The Princess
Date [1875 ]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 32.1 x 25.9 cm; 12 3/5 x 10 1/5 in; sheet: 43.4 x 32.1 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0018
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title "O hark ! O hear ![”]
Date [1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34.8 x 28 cm; 13 7/10 x 11 in; sheet: 43.4 x 32.3 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 7/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0019
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title "Tears from the depths of some divine despair["]
Date [1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 33 x 22.4 cm; 13 x 8 4/5 in; sheet: 43.4 x 31.8 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0020
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Mariana
Date [1874 or 1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 36 x 28.7 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 3/10 in; sheet: 43.5 x 32 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0021
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid
Date [1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 31.5 x 24.6 cm; 12 2/5 x 9 7/10 in; sheet: 43.4 x 32 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0022
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Elaine
Date [1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 36 x 28.5 cm; 14 1/5 x 11 1/5 in; sheet: 43.4 x 32 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0023
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Elaine before the King
Date [1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 34.5 x 28.5 cm; 13 3/5 x 11 1/5 in; sheet: 43.4 x 31.8 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 1/2 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0024
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title “So like a shatter'd Column lay the King”
Date [1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 35 x 28 cm; 13 4/5 x 11 in; sheet: 43.4 x 31.9 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0025
Artist/Maker Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title Maud
Date [1875]
Medium Albumen print
Dimensions image: 33.2 x 28.2 cm; 13 1/10 x 11 1/10 in; sheet: 43.4 x 32 cm; 17 1/10 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0015:0026

See Also:

Julia Margaret Cameron Photography Collection