William Holman Hunt

1864

Julia Margaret Cameron

Associated Names
Julia Margaret Cameron

Artist, British, 1815 - 1879

The image is a portrait of a man from the waist up. He is seated with a slight lean to his right. His facial features include a full beard and mustache, and his gaze is directed slightly away from the camera. His hair is covered by a turban wrapped around his head, with a few strands visible. He is wearing a striped tunic. There is no visible jewelry or objects held by him. The background is neutral, a plain backdrop. The image has an oval vignette, and it appears to be in black and white.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    image (oval): 23.9 x 19.1 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
    mount: 44.3 x 35.4 cm (17 7/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.29.15

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Virginia Woolf; Lord Macalpine; Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2010

  • The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848 - 1875, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2010 - 2011, no. 55.

Inscriptions

On mount, below photograph, by Julia Margaret Cameron, in ink: From Life Registered Photograph Copy right. Julia Margaret Cameron. / W. Holman Hunt; on verso, by later hand, lower right in graphite: Cameron / William Holman Hunt; in ballpoint pen: Garrett Bell Coll; sticker upper right in green ink: 9A; in graphite: 45

Wikidata ID

Q64156138

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