Sir John Herschel

Julia Margaret Cameron (English, 1815–1879)

1860–70

Medium/TechniquePhotograph, carbon print or possibly collotype (?)

DimensionsImage: 30.1 x 23.4 cm (11 7/8 x 9 3/16 in.)
Sheet: 44.5 x 31.3 cm (17 1/2 x 12 5/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Charles W. Millard III

Accession number2009.5063

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ClassificationsPhotographs

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InscriptionsBeneath image, in faded brown ink, "From life registered photograph copyright Julia Margaret Cameron, printed imperishable carbon process" l.c., in another hand, "From the registered photograph copy"

Provenance1972, Jeremy Norman, San Francisco, CA; October 16, 1972, sold by Jeremy Norman to Charles Millard, Chapel Hill, NC; 2009, gift of Charles Millard to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 16, 2009)