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Julia Margaret Cameron — Mrs. Herbert Duckworth
Julia Margaret Cameron

Mrs. Herbert Duckworth

1874

Photographing the society beauty who would become Virginia Woolf's mother, Cameron creates a study of Victorian feminine elegance enhanced by her signature soft-focus technique.

Medium
Albumen print

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Julia Margaret Cameron, Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, 1874

Photographing the society beauty who would become Virginia Woolf's mother, Cameron creates a study of Victorian feminine elegance enhanced by her signature soft-focus technique.

Medium
Albumen print
Year
1874
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Related themes

Intimate, Victorian, Albumen Print, 19th Century, Photograph, Soft Focus, Portrait, Sepia, British, Woman

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Art Institute of Chicago, Cleveland Museum of Art