Queen of the May
1875
Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879)
Photography
Queen of the May, 1875. Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879). Albumen print from wet collodion negative; image: 34.9 x 26.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.); matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1984.166
- Maker/Artist
- Cameron, Julia Margaret
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Image: 34.9 x 26.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in.); Matted: 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Written in brown ink on recto: "From Life Registered Photograph Copyright Julia Margaret Cameron Freshwater, May 1875 / 'For I'm [underlined] to be the Queen O the May-Mother' / 'I'm to be Queen O' 'the May'/ For the beloved Invalid."; in pencil on verso: "oak & gilt"; "248 [circled]"; "-79-1749"
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
- 1984.166
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review for 1984, Legacy of Light: Master Photographs from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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