Photographer to the Victorian Stars and Mythic Heroes: Julia Margaret Cameron

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• Alfred, Lord Tennyson
  This image depicts the renowned English poet, Alfred Lord Tennyson. In addition to Cameron's multiple portraits of Tennyson, the poet commissioned a series of images to accompany his collection of twelve narrative poems called Idylls of the King.
• Henry Taylor
  This image depicts the poet and dramatist, Henry Taylor. Taylor was a frequent sitter for Cameron over the course of her career. In addition to multiple portraits, Taylor is featured in her Idylls of the King work for poet, Lord Tennyson.
• The Mountain Nymph Sweet Liberty
  This image depicts a female model as a mountain nymph named Sweet Liberty. The image takes its name from the poet John Milton's work entitled L'Allegro, a celebration of the pleasures of life.
• Robert Browning
  This is a portrait of the English poet and playwright, Robert Browning. It was taken at the Little Holland House, according to inscription on the mount, an artists' salon run by the sister of her husband.