Julia Jackson (1867): Art, History and Details

Julia Jackson (1867) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

One of the greatest portrait photographers of the Victorian period, Julia Margaret Cameron produced haunting images that transcended physical description, mirroring the inner lives of her subjects. This photograph depicts Julia Jackson, Cameron’s beloved niece, namesake, and goddaughter. At a time when most women had only two or three photographs taken of them during their lifetime, Cameron created over 50 portraits of Jackson, a renowned beauty at the time who modeled for other artists. This boldly modern close-up of 21-year-old Jackson—taken just weeks before her marriage—suggests self-reflection and doubt.

Object facts

• Title: Julia Jackson
• Date: 1867
• Creator attribution: Julia Margaret Cameron (British, 1815–1879)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Photograph
• Technique: albumen print from wet collodion negative
• Dimensions: Sheet: 26.4 x 20.8 cm (10 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
• Collection: PH - British 19th Century
• Department: Photography
• Accession number: 2015.15

Collection credit

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.
• Tannenbaum, Barbara. “Acquisitions 2015: Photography.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 28-29.
• Tannenbaum, Barbara. "Cheating Death: A look at the first 50 years of portrait photography.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 5 (September/October 2016): 8-9.

View the collection record

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