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Julia Margaret Cameron / by herself, Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry ; with an introduction by Tristram Powell.
Fine Arts Library TR681.F3 C36 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879, author, photographer.
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941, author.
- Fry, Roger, 1866-1934, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Victorian photographs of famous men & fair women
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879.
- Cameron, Julia Margaret.
- Celebrities--Great Britain--Portraits.
- Celebrities.
- Great Britain.
- Portrait photography.
- Local Subjects:
- Portrait photography.
- Genre:
- Portraits.
- Physical Description:
- 189 pages : color portraits ; 15 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pallas Athene, 2016.
- Summary:
- Bringing together three of the most important early writings about Julia Margaret Cameron--her own autobiographical fragment, "Annals of My Glass House", the biographical essay by Virginia Woolf, and the path-breaking appreciation by Roger Fry--this book is essential for anyone interested in Victorian culture and photography. It is being published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of her birth, the 150th anniversary of her most extensive exhibition, and two major new exhibitions: Julia Margaret Cameron, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, and Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Modern Age, at Tate Britain. Illustrated with over 40 of Julia Margaret Cameron's greatest photographs, and with an introduction and notes by Tristram Powell.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Tristram Powell
- Julia Margaret Cameron / Virginia Woolf
- The annals of my glass house ; On a portrait / Julia Margaret Cameron
- Mrs. Cameron's photographs / Roger Fry.
- Notes:
- Originally published in 1926 under title Victorian photographs of famous men & fair women.
- "This edition incorporates 'Annals of a Glass House' and 'On a Portrait' by Julia Margaret Cameron, and further plates and illustrations, together with an updated introduction and captions"--Colophon.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Perkins Architectural Rare Book Fund.
- Contains:
- container of: Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879. Annals of a Glass House.
- container of: Cameron, Julia Margaret, 1815-1879. On a Portrait.
- ISBN:
- 1843681218
- 9781843681212
- OCLC:
- 920858933
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