Skip to main content

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

Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen

Item

Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen
Title (Dublin Core)
Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen
Description (Dublin Core)
"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 (Dublin Core)
JMC10
Creator (Dublin Core)
Cameron, Julia Margaret
Date (Dublin Core)
Negative creation: 1864
Print creation: 1875
Subject (Dublin Core)
Portrait of actress Ellen Terry
Type (Dublin Core)
Photograph
Medium (Dublin Core)
carbon prints
Format (Dublin Core)
Dimensions: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.)
Rights (Dublin Core)
This work is in the public domain
Site pages
Celebrity Portraits