The Angel in the House
Photograph
1873 (photographed)
1873 (photographed)
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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.
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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carbon print (from wet collodion glass negative?) |
| Brief description | Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Emily Peacock' (also known as 'The Angel in the House'), possibly printed by Henry Herschel Hay Cameron, carbon print, 1873 |
| 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. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed with title and dated in ink by Julia Margaret Cameron. Signed in ink H.H.H. Cameron. |
| Credit line | Acquired from Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Lindsay, 1972 |
| Object history | 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. |
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| Literary reference | Coventry Patmore: 'The Angel in the House' |
| Summary | 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. |
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| Accession number | E.2309-1997 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2002 |
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