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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Title:Pomona
Artist:Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)
Date:September 1872
Medium:Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions:Image: 14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in. (36.3 × 26.4 cm) Sheet: 14 5/16 × 10 3/8 in. (36.3 × 26.4 cm) Mount: 19 5/8 in. × 14 5/8 in. (49.8 × 37.2 cm)
Classification:Photographs
Credit Line:David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1963
Object Number:63.545
Inscription: Signed and inscribed in black ink on mount, recto BR, BC, BL below print: "From Life Registered Photograph Copyright [underlined] - Julia Margaret Cameron Freshwater Sep 1872"; blind stamp on mount, recto BC: "[in oval] registered photograph // sold by // Messrs Colnaghi // 14 Pall Mall East // London''
Emily Driscoll
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Four Victorian Photographers," November 16, 1967–January 1, 1968.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Photographs from the Museum's Collection," December 4, 1984–March 17, 1985.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Advocating Photography: The David Hunter McAlpin Fund," March 4–May 4, 1986.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Julia Margaret Cameron: Victorian Photographer," March 17, 1998–June 7, 1998.
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. "The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875," October 31, 2010–January 30, 2011.
Musée d'Orsay. "The Pre-Raphaelite Lens: British Photography and Painting, 1848–1875," March 6, 2011–May 29, 2011.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Julia Margaret Cameron," August 19, 2013–January 5, 2014.
National Portrait Gallery, London. "Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream In," March 21, 2024–June 30, 2024.
Cox, Julian, and Colin Ford. Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003. no. 347, p. 230.
Heilbrun, Françoise, and Diane Waggoner. Une Ballade d'Amour et de Mort: Photographie Preraphaelite en Grande-Bretagne, 1848–1875. Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 2011. p. 36.
Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon)
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