Artist
Julia Margaret Cameron(British, born India, 1815–1879)British, born India, 1815–1879
CultureBritish
Titles
- Margie Thackeray
- from the album Mrs. Cameron’s Photographs from the Life
Date1866–1869, assembled 1869
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 9 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (23.7 × 23.7 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (23.7 × 23.7 cm)
Mount: 18 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (46 × 31.5 cm)
Sheet: 9 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (23.7 × 23.7 cm)
Mount: 18 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (46 × 31.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2021.282.26
Non exposé
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PhotographyObject Type
One of Cameron’s nieces described the experience of being “pressed into the service of the camera” as a child by her aunt. “Dressed in dark clothes, stained with chemicals from her photography (and smelling of them too), with a plump eager face and a voice husky, and a little harsh, yet in some way compelling and even charming . . . we never knew what Aunt Julia was going to do next . . . nor did anyone else.” Here, Margie Thackeray, the young niece and adopted daughter of Cameron’s good friend, the writer Anne Thackeray, meets the camera’s gaze with surprising determination.
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to her daughter Julia and son-in-law Charles Norman; by descent to his son Archibald Cameron Norman; by descent to his son Charles Lloyd Norman; by descent to his son Charles Wake Norman; by descent to his son to William Norman; by descent to his son Stephen Norman; [consigned to Hans P. Kraus, New York, 2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2021.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on mount recto, below image: Margie Thackeray
Catalogue raisonnéCox & Ford p. 505 "Norman Album", plate 1044
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Julia Margaret Cameron
1866–1869, assembled 1869
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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Julia Margaret Cameron
1866, assembled 1869
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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Julia Margaret Cameron
1866, assembled 1869
Albumen silver print from glass negative
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