Julia Margaret Cameron
Sir John Frederick William Herschel

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Artist Julia Margaret Cameron(British, born India, 1815–1879)British, born India, 1815–1879

Printer Henry Herschel Hay Cameron(British, 1852–1911)British, 1852–1911

CultureBritish

Titles

Sir John Frederick William Herschel

Date1867, printed later

MediumCarbon print

DimensionsImage: 13 9/16 × 10 9/16 in. (34.5 × 26.8 cm)
Mount: 19 7/8 × 15 11/16 in. (50.5 × 39.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Stanford and Joan Alexander Foundation in honor of Ben and Margaret Love, The Manfred Heiting Collection

Object number2004.337

Not on view

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Department

Photography

Special Collections

Manfred Heiting Collection of Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

ProvenanceThe artist; given to John Herschel; by descent John Herschel Family; Hannah Weil, Munich; Estate of Hannah Weil; purchased by Manfred Heiting, April 19, 1981; purchased by MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in ink, recto, below image: Sir J.F.W. Herschel // Enlarged and modified from the original photo by JM Cameron
Inscribed in pencil, recto, centered below image: Standard copy A to accompany the original autograph copy (of Mrs. Cameron) also marked A
Inscribed in ink, recto, left below image: Private copy (turn over)
Inscribed in ink, verso, center: [several paragraphs concerning negatives and images]

Catalogue raisonné2003, plate 676

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