Romeo and Juliet', 1867
Photograph entitled 'Romeo and Juliet' taken by Julia Margaret Cameron in 1867. Albumen contact print from wet collodion negative. This photographic study of Henry John Stedman Cotton (1845-1917) and Mary Ryan (1848-1914) 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:
- 1984-5017/65
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product)
- Measurements:
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overall: 260 mm x 234 mm
- type:
- photograph and albumen print
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
- credit:
- Sotheby's
