Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00013020Sir John Herschel (1792-1871)
About the Artwork
Herschel, a renowned British mathematician, scientist, and innovator in photographic chemistry, was not just Cameron’s friend; she regarded him as “a Teacher and High Priest.” She wrote that when such great men posed for her, her “whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner [being] as well as the features of the outer man.”
Inscriptions
Written in pencil on verso: "Herschell / by Julian [sic] Margaret / Cameron [underlined]"
Exhibition history
Cheating Death: Portrait Photography’s First Half Century. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 22, 2016-February 5, 2017).
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
- Image: 32.8 x 25 cm (12 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Mann
- Accession no.
- 1996.345
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