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Call Number:

PH-00849

Collection Name:

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

Creator:

Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)

No. of Items:

13 photographs in 1 bound volume

Span Dates:

1875

Description:

Photographically illustrated book entitled Illustrations to Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, and other poems (London: Henry S. King, 1875), containing 13 mounted albumen print plates. The photographs are by Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879), and each is accompanied by a descriptive caption in her hand. Each plate is also accompanied by a leaf of text from Idylls of the King or other poems in facsimile of Tennyson's hand. The frontispiece of the book, which includes a portrait of Alfred Lord Tennyson in monk's garb, is autographed by Tennyson. A dedication of part 1 is dated: Xmas 1874; the second part is dated: May 75. A note handwritten by Helmut Gernsheim, reads: Presented by Mrs. Cameron to Anne Thackeray (Lady Ritchie) and by her daughter, Mrs. Thackeray Fuller to the Gernsheim Collection. It is unique, containing some plates of vol. 1 and others of v. 2, apart from outward differences in the colour of mounts and binding. There is an autograph note by Mrs. Cameron as to the dates of v. 1 and v. 2 on the dedication page. Handwritten by Cameron on the mount recto: From life registered photograph / copy right / Julia Margaret Cameron. Signed on mount recto: A. Tennyson. The volume measures 44.8 x 34.4 cm (17 5/8 x 13 9/16 inches).

Accession No(s):

964:0311:0001-0013

Location(s):

f PR 5577 C265 HRC-P (964:0311:0001-0013)
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Item(s):

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	Alfred Tennyson
Date	May 1865
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 24.9 x 20.5 cm; 9 4/5 x 8 1/10 in (arched top); mount: 43.7 x 33 cm; 17 1/5 x 13 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0001

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: 35.1 x 25.7 cm; 13 4/5 x 10 1/10 in; mount: 43.7 x 31.6 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 2/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0002

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	“He thought of that sharp look Mother, I gave him yesterday”
Date	May 1, 1875
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 35.8 x 28.5 cm; 14 1/10 x 11 1/5 in; mount: 43.7 x 32.1 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0003

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	“So now I think my time is near[”]
Date	1875
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 35.2 x 26 cm; 13 9/10 x 10 1/5 in; mount: 43.7 x 32 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0004

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	Vivien and Merlin
Date	[1874]
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 31.7 x 27.5 cm; 12 1/2 x 10 4/5 in; mount: 43.7 x 32 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0005

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	"O hark ! O hear ![”]
Date	[1875]
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 34.8 x 28.4 cm; 13 7/10 x 11 1/5 in; mount: 43.7 x 31.9 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0006

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	Mariana
Date	[1874 or 1875]
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 35.2 x 28 cm; 13 9/10 x 11 in; mount: 43.7 x 32.1 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0007

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	Elaine “the Lily maid of Astolat”
Date	1874
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 35 x 28.4 cm; 13 4/5 x 11 1/5 in; mount: 43.7 x 31.9 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0008

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	Elaine
Date	[1875]
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 35.7 x 28.3 cm; 14 1/10 x 11 1/10 in; mount: 43.7 x 32 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0009

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	Elaine before the King
Date	[1875]
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 43.1 x 28.7 cm; 17 x 11 3/10 in; mount: 43.7 x 31.9 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0010

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	“The Passing of King Arthur”
Date	[1874]
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 34.6 x 26 cm; 13 3/5 x 10 1/5 in; mount: 43.7 x 31.9 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 3/5 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0011

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 28.4 cm; 13 4/5 x 11 1/5 in; mount: 43.7 x 31.8 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0012

Artist/Maker	Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815 - 1879)
Title	Maud
Date	[1875]
Medium	Albumen print
Dimensions	image: 33.1 x 28 cm; 13 x 11 in; mount: 43.7 x 31.7 cm; 17 1/5 x 12 1/2 in
Credit line	Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession Number	964:0311:0013

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