Nadar similarly created intimate psychological portrait photographs of major cultural and literary figures in the 19th century, using dramatic lighting and close framing to reveal the inner character of his subjects just as Cameron does here.

Hill was a pioneering 19th century portrait photographer who collaborated with Robert Adamson to produce deeply atmospheric calotype portraits of prominent intellectual and cultural figures, sharing Cameron's emphasis on painterly sepia toned formal portraiture.

Rejlander was a Victorian era photographer working in Britain who produced richly toned formal portraits of notable figures with a similar painterly softness and psychological intimacy that defines Cameron's portraiture of literary and cultural personalities.