Julia Margaret Cameron
3 of 34 portraits by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio)







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Julia Margaret Cameron
by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio), printed by William Louis Henry Skeen
albumen cabinet card, circa 1873
5 7/8 in. x 3 7/8 in. (149 mm x 98 mm) image size
Given by (Anne) Olivier Bell (née Popham), 2006
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NPG x128761
Sitterback to top
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), Pioneer photographer. Sitter in 8 portraits, Artist associated with 114 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- Henry Herschel Hay Cameron (later The Cameron Studio) (founded 1886), Photographic Studio. Artist associated with 34 portraits.
- William Louis Henry Skeen (died 1903), Photographer, of W.L.H. Skeen and Co. Artist associated with 1 portrait.
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Emilia Terracciano
12 February 2016, 13:51
Dear Madam,Sir I am a postdoctoral researcher based in Oxford, currently working on a chapter about photographer Julia Margaret Cameron in Ceylon (1875-79). I am genuinely intrigued by this carte-de-visite, allegedly printed and circulated by William Louis Henry Skeen (Ceylon Government Printer), in Colombo. It appears to me that the WLH Skeen logo is partly cropped by the portrait of JMC. For this reason, I believe that the photograph was perhaps added later, covering up an existing original. If you could tell me more about this, I would be enormously grateful. Information on JMC of this period is very limited. Many thanks - Dr Emilia Terracciano