Mrs. Herbert Duckworth
Medium
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions
32.8 x 23.7 cm (12 15/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Alfred Stieglitz Society Gifts, 2005
Accession Number
2005.100.26
Tags
Art Historical Context
Julia Margaret Cameron's *Mrs. Herbert Duckworth*1867) is a striking albumen silver print from a negative, capturing the subject in a classical profile view. Measuring 32.8 x 23.7 cm, this photograph exemplifies Cameron's innovative approach during the Victorian era, when photography was transitioning from scientific novelty to artistic medium. Cameron, a pioneering British photographer active on the Isle of Wight, portrayed women with dramatic lighting and soft focus, evoking Pre-Raphaelite ideals of beauty and introspection. The albumen process, using egg whites to bind light-sensitive silv...
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...