Friar Laurence and Juliet', 1865

PART OF:
The Herschel Album
Made:
1865 in England
maker:
Julia Margaret Cameron
Friar Laurence and Juliet', 1865

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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:
overall: 317 mm x 271 mm
type:
photograph and albumen print
rights:
National Science and Media Museum
credit:
Sotheby's

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