Julia Margaret Cameron
La Madonna Vigilante

ArtistBritish, born India, 1815–1879
CultureBritish
Titles
  • La Madonna Vigilante
  • from the album Mrs. Cameron’s Photographs from the Life
Date1864, assembled 1869
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
DimensionsImage: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16 in. (25.3 × 20.2 cm)
Mount: 18 1/8 × 12 3/8 in. (46 × 31.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2021.282.45
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
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: Alice Koewen and Kate Dore // La Madonna Vigilante
Catalogue raisonnéCox & Ford p. 505 "Norman Album", plate 55

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