Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879) James Thomas Fields

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Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815-1879)

James Thomas Fields, 1869. Inscribed, signed, and dated "From Life Registered Photograph Copyright Julia Margaret Cameron..." in brown ink below the image. Albumen print mounted to board, image/sheet size 13 3/16 x 10 5/16 in. (33.4 x 26.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Scratches to u.r. quadrant, small tear l.r., scattered minor foxing and staining to the mount.

N.B. Julia Margaret Cameron received her first camera as a gift in 1863 when she was forty-eight years old. Over the following decade, in a studio converted from a hen house on the grounds of her home in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, she achieved unparalleled success as an artist. Cameron photographed some of the era's greatest personalities, including Charles Darwin, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and American poet, editor, and publisher James Thomas Fields.
Estimate $1,500-2,500

Mount measures 15 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (39.3 x 29.4 cm). There is emulsion loss in the scratches adjacent to the subject's forehead. Two minor surface imperfections in area of subject's hair. There is some discoloration on the recto from the wood backing corresponding to the area exposed between the two pieces of wood. No additional issues to report.


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