Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen

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Title
Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen
Description
"This contemplative portrait of Ellen Terry shows as a new bride during the Shakespearean actress's honeymoon stay at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, where Cameron lived. Terry had married the portrait painter George Frederick Watts.

Terry's forlorn expression and nervous gesture may be an actress's performance put on for the camera.

Employing a non-fading print process used for commercially distributed pictures, Cameron's printer made multiple carbon prints available for purchase by Terry's and Cameron's fans."
Identifier
JMC10
Creator
Cameron, Julia Margaret
Date
Negative creation: 1864
Print creation: 1875
Subject
Portrait of actress Ellen Terry
Type
Photograph
Medium
carbon prints
Format
Dimensions: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Contributor
The J. Paul Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/58960/julia-margaret-cameron-ellen-terry-at-age-sixteen-british-negative-1864-print-about-1875/
Rights
This work is in the public domain
Item sets
Julia Margaret Cameron Photographs
Media
Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen

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photograph 19th century julia margaret cameron carbon print portrait Ellen Terry actress