Photograph entitled 'Alice 3 1/2 Years', taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1864. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic portrait of Alice Du Cane (born 1860) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871). Alice was the daughter of Sir Edmund Du Cane who became HM Director of Prisons in 1863.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1984-5017/16
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 274 mm x 207 mm
- type:
- photograph and albumen print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- Sotheby's
