Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Other Poems
Book
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.
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| Title | Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Other Poems (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Leather covered binding with printed pages. |
| Brief description | Album by Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Other Poems', 1875. The original photographs by Cameron that accompanied Tennyson's text are missing |
| Physical description | A bound volume of verse which had been accompanied by tipped in photographs which are now missing, red-leather cover with gold-embossed title. |
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| Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
| Object history | This is a bound folio volume which originally contained 13 photographs by Cameron and 11 pages of verse text by Alfred Tennyson and 3 other text pages. It is a volume of illustrations to Alfred Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King and other Poems' published by Henry S. King & Co., 1874-75. |
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| 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. |
| Associated object | PROV.1107-2017 (RPS Group record) |
| Bibliographic reference | Cox, Julian and Colin Ford, with contributions by Joanne Lukitsh and Philippa Wright. Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs. London: Thames & Hudson, in association with The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, 2003. ISBN: 0-500-54265-1
pages 467-481. |
| Other number | XRP104 - RPS collection - V&A identifier |
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| Accession number | RPS.1088-2017 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2018 |
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