The Angel in the House; Emily Peacock
- Object:
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (photographed)
- Date:
- Artist/Maker:
Julia Margaret Cameron, born 1815 - died 1879 (photographer)
Cameron, Henry herschel Hay, born 1852 - died 1911 (The attribution to Julia Margaret Cameron and to her son Henry Herschel Hay Cameron is made by Sylvi, maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Carbon print from wet collodion glass negative
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case X, shelf 311, box S
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This photograph illustrates Coventry Patmore's poem 'The Angel in the House', which was first published in 1854. The poem, a celebration of married love, proved enormously popular and went through many subsequent editions. Another version of this photograph (now in Liverpool City Libraries) is inscribed 'For Coventry Patmore'.
The photographer's son, Henry Cameron, probably oversaw the printing of the photograph (by the carbon process, perhaps by the Autotype Co.) after his mother's death.
Physical description
A photograph of a woman (Emily Peacock) from the shoulders up, with her left shoulder tilted towards the camera and the subject looking off to the left of the image.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, UK (photographed)
Date
1873 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Julia Margaret Cameron, born 1815 - died 1879 (photographer)
Cameron, Henry herschel Hay, born 1852 - died 1911 (The attribution to Julia Margaret Cameron and to her son Henry Herschel Hay Cameron is made by Sylvi, maker)
Materials and Techniques
Carbon print from wet collodion glass negative
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed with title and dated in ink by Julia Margaret Cameron. Signed in ink H.H.H. Cameron.
Dimensions
Height: 34.5 cm
Object history note
The title derives from the poem of this title by Coventry Patmore (1823-96). It was published in four instalments, 1856-62. The work is in a wooden frame which is apparently original and bears a maker's label from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The exhibition 'Julia Margaret Cameron's Women' was framed by the Art Institute of Chicago in facsimiles of this frame.
Found in Department of Prints, Drawings and Painting, V&A, London SW7 2RL
Descriptive line
Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Emily Peacock' (also known as 'The Angel in the House'), carbon print, 1873
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Ford, Colin and Cox, Julian. Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs. London: Thames and Hudson, 2003. Cat. no. 372, p.237, ill.
Catalogue raisonne. This reference refers to another version of this print.
Wolf, Sylvia (et al). Julia Margaret Cameron's Women. London: The Institute of Chicago and London: Yale University Press, 1998. Repro., plate 2, p. 111.
Exhibition History
Julia Margaret Cameron's Women (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 27/08/1999-30/11/1999)
Julia Margaret Cameron's Women (Museum of Modern Art 27/01/1999-04/05/1999)
Julia Margaret Cameron's Women (Art Institute of Chicago 19/09/1998-10/01/1999)
Materials
Paper
Techniques
Carbon print
Subjects depicted
Woman; Portraits; Angel; Peacock, Emily
Categories
Portraits; Photographs
Collection code
PDP
