Text page from 'Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Other Poems', vol. 2
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1875 (printed)
1875 (printed)
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In 1874, Julia Margaret Cameron's neighbor, and renowned poet, Alfred Tennyson suggested that Cameron create some illustrations for a new volume of his series of poems on Arthurian legends, "Idylls of the King." In the end, only three images were used, as woodcuts, but the full-size prints were later published in two volumes and were accompanied by excerpts from Tennyson's text and his signature. This is a page of text from volume two.
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| Materials and techniques | Ink on paper |
| Brief description | Text page from 'Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Other Poems', vol. 2, 1875, illustrated with photographs by Julia Margaret Cameron |
| Physical description | Printed text page in book of poems with photographic illustrations. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'TO MRS. CAMERON. / Lo! Modern Beauty lends her lips and eyes / To tell an Ancient Story! Thou hast brought / Into thy picture all our fancy sought / In that old time, with sikillful art and wise. / The Sun obeys thy gestures, and allows / Thy guiding hand, whene'er thou hast a mind / To turn his passive light upon mankind, / And set his seal and thine on chosen brows / Thou lov'st all loveliness! and many a face / Is press'd and summon'd from the breezy shores / On thine immortal charts to take its place / While, near at hand the jealous ocean roars / His noblest Tritons would thy subjects be, / And all his fairest Nereids sit to thee. / CHARLES TURNER' |
| Object history | Originally part of a bound folio volume containing 11 photographs by Cameron and 11 pages of verse text by Tennyson and 3 other text pages (two photographs are missing, the frontispiece image of Tennyson and the last image, 'The Passing of Arthur'). Volume 2 of two albums of illustrations to Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King and other Poems' published by Henry S. King & Co., 1874-75). Each photograph is mounted on bluish mounts with gilt borders. |
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| Literary reference | 'Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and other poems', vol. 2, by Julia Margaret Cameron. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1875. |
| Summary | In 1874, Julia Margaret Cameron's neighbor, and renowned poet, Alfred Tennyson suggested that Cameron create some illustrations for a new volume of his series of poems on Arthurian legends, "Idylls of the King." In the end, only three images were used, as woodcuts, but the full-size prints were later published in two volumes and were accompanied by excerpts from Tennyson's text and his signature. This is a page of text from volume two. |
| Associated object | 35-1939 (Part) |
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| Accession number | 35:3-1939 |
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| Record created | May 14, 2014 |
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