Julia Jackson
Medium
Albumen print collage
Dimensions
Image/paper/mount: 20.8 × 18.1 cm (8 1/4 × 7 3/16 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
150139
Art Historical Context
Julia Margaret Cameron's *Julia Jackson* (1864) captures the ethereal beauty of her niece, Julia Prinsep, in an intimate albumen print collage. Produced during the early years of Cameron's remarkable photographic career—which she began at age 48 on the Isle of Wight—this portrait exemplifies her innovative approach to portraiture. Jackson, later known as Julia Stephen and mother to author Virginia Woolf, gazes softly outward, embodying the Victorian ideal of feminine grace while hinting at Cameron's personal familial ties. The medium, an albumen silver print measuring 20.8 × 18.1 cm, highligh...
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...