Cecily Hamilton
1863–1867
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/16 × 5 1/4 in. (18.3 × 13.3 cm), rounded top Mount: 13 7/16 in. × 9 7/16 in. (34.1 × 24 cm)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.1.45
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Cecily Hamilton** (1863–1867) is a delicate portrait by Oscar Gustav Rejlander, a pioneering-born photographer active in Victorian England. Captured as an albumen print from a glass negative this intimate image measures just 7 3/16 × 5 1/4 inches and features a softly rounded top, evoking the carte-de-visite format popular for personal keepsakes. Now housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Photographs Department (David Hunter McAlpin Fund 1946), it showcases Rejlander's mastery in rendering subtle expressions and textures through early wet-collodion negatives. Rejlander, often called the...