Autograph Letter
Julia Margaret Cameron
March 3, 1875
Medium
Pen and ink, one page, double-sided autograph letter, signed Julia Margaret Cameron
Dimensions
17.8 × 22.6 cm (7 1/16 × 8 15/16 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
32030
About the Artist
Julia Margaret Cameron · 1815–1879
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815–1879), born Julia Margaret Pattle in Calcutta, India, emerged as one of the 19th century's most innovative photographers despite beginning her career at age 48. The daughter of East India Company official James Pattle and French aristocrat Adeline de l'Etang, she was educated in France from 1818 to 1834 alongside her six surviving sisters, renowned for their beauty and...