Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012954Julia Jackson
About the Artwork
One of the greatest portrait photographers of the Victorian period, Julia Margaret Cameron produced haunting images that transcended physical description, mirroring the inner lives of her subjects. This photograph depicts Julia Jackson, Cameron’s beloved niece, namesake, and goddaughter. At a time when most women had only two or three photographs taken of them during their lifetime, Cameron created over 50 portraits of Jackson, a renowned beauty at the time who modeled for other artists. This boldly modern close-up of 21-year-old Jackson—taken just weeks before her marriage—suggests self-reflection and doubt.
Provenance
Private collection, probably Great Britain, purchased at Sotheby's Belgravia, 26 June 1975, lot 55 Charles Isaacs Photographs, Inc. Pension Trust, 2011, purchased at Bonham's London, November 17, 2011, Photographs, Lot 00004
Exhibition history
Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017). Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879)
- Date
- 1867
- Medium
- albumen print from wet collodion negative
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 26.4 x 20.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 2015.15
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