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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 (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.

Location(s):

f PR 5577 C264 HRC-P (964:0015:0001-0026)
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Item(s):

964:0015:0001 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). A. Tennyson, May 1865. Albumen print, image: 25 x 20 cm ; 9 4/5 x 7 9/10 in (arched top).

964:0015:0002 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Gareth and Lynette, 1874. Albumen print, image: 32.9 x 26.6 cm ; 13 x 10 1/2 in .

964:0015:0003 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Enid, 1874. Albumen print, image: 34.6 x 26.6 cm ; 13 3/5 x 10 1/2 in .

964:0015:0004 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). And Enid Sang, September 1874. Albumen print, image: 35.1 x 28.3 cm ; 13 4/5 x 11 1/10 in .

964:0015:0005 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Vivien and Merlin, [1874]. Albumen print, image: 31.3 x 27.3 cm ; 12 3/10 x 10 7/10 in .

964:0015:0006 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Vivien and Merlin, [1874]. Albumen print, image: 32 x 25.9 cm ; 12 3/5 x 10 1/5 in .

964:0015:0007 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Elaine “the Lily maid of Astolat”, 1874. Albumen print, image: 34.3 x 28.5 cm ; 13 1/2 x 11 1/5 in .

964:0015:0008 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Elaine, [1874]. Albumen print, image: 32.7 x 25.2 cm ; 12 9/10 x 9 9/10 in .

964:0015:0009 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Sir Galahad and the Pale Nun, [September 1874]. Albumen print, image: 34.3 x 25.7 cm ; 13 1/2 x 10 1/10 in .

964:0015:0010 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). The parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere, 1874. Albumen print, image: 33.8 x 28.7 cm ; 13 3/10 x 11 3/10 in .

964:0015:0011 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). The little Novice with the Queen Guinivere in the Holy House at Almesbury, 1874. Albumen print, image: 35 x 28.5 cm ; 13 4/5 x 11 1/5 in .

964:0015:0012 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). King Arthur, [1874 ]. Albumen print, image: 36 x 27.3 cm ; 14 1/5 x 10 7/10 in .

964:0015:0013 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). “The Passing of King Arthur”, [1874]. Albumen print, image: 34.7 x 25.5 cm ; 13 7/10 x 10 in .

964:0015:0014 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). [Alfred Tennyson], May 1865. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0015 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). “For I'm to be Queen of the May, Mother[”], May 1, 1875. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0016 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). "He thought of that sharp look Mother I gave him yesterday", [May 1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0017 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). "So now I think my time is near[“], 1875. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0018 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). The Princess, [1875 ]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0019 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). "O hark ! O hear ![”], [1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0020 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). "Tears from the depths of some divine despair["], [1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0021 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Mariana, [1874 or 1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0022 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, [1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0023 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Elaine, [1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0024 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Elaine before the King, [1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0025 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). “So like a shatter'd Column lay the King”, [1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

964:0015:0026 -- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879 (1815 - 1879). Maud, [1875]. Albumen print, 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 .

See Also:

Julia Margaret Cameron Photography Collection


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