Friar Laurence and Juliet', 1865
Photograph entitled 'Friar Laurence and Juliet' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1865. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of the author Henry Taylor (1800-1886) and Mary Ann Hillier (1847-1936), posed as characters from William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) play 'Romeo And Juliet' (1594-1595) forms part of the Herschel Album, created by Cameron for her friend Sir John Herschel (1792-1871).
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1984-5017/61
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 317 mm x 271 mm
- type:
- photograph and albumen print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- Sotheby's
