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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON. POMONA

Pomona. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Dimensions: Image: 36.4 x 26.3 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.)
Mount: 49.7 x 37.4 cm (19 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.). Date: 1872.
Alice Liddell (1852-1934)--who, as a child, was Lewis Carroll's muse and frequent photographic model--posed for Cameron a dozen times in August and September 1872. Against a dense background of foliage and bedecked with flowers, the twenty-year-old Liddell was photographed by Cameron as the embodiment of fruitful abundance, Pomona, Roman goddess of gardens and fruit trees.

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Author: JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879)

Title: POMONA

Caption: Pomona. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Dimensions: Image: 36.4 x 26.3 cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.) Mount: 49.7 x 37.4 cm (19 9/16 x 14 3/4 in.). Date: 1872. Alice Liddell (1852-1934)--who, as a child, was Lewis Carroll's muse and frequent photographic model--posed for Cameron a dozen times in August and September 1872. Against a dense background of foliage and bedecked with flowers, the twenty-year-old Liddell was photographed by Cameron as the embodiment of fruitful abundance, Pomona, Roman goddess of gardens and fruit trees.

Technique/material: Albumen silver print from glass negative

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3201 × 4257 px | 39.0 MB

Print size: 27.1 × 36.0 cm | 1260.2 × 1676.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ALBUMEN SILVER PRINT FROM GLASS NEGATIVE • ALBUMEN SILVER PRINTS • EUROPE • JULIA MARGARET CAMERON • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • PHOTOGRAPHS • UNITED KINGDOM