Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and other poems

Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and other poems

Bound volume

Julia Margaret Cameron

Maker
British, b. India, 1815–1879

Illustrations to Tennyson's Idylls of the King, and other poems

1875
Bound volume containing albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 17 1/2 × 13 11/16 × 1 in. (44.4 × 34.8 × 2.5 cm)
Purchase
1976.0024.0001-0058
DescriptionGreen cloth and brown leather-bound album with gold leaf debossing over the front and back covers. Album features 13 mounted albumen silver prints with accompanying poems of Alfred, Lord Tennyson lithographed from the photographer's handwriting. Binding is not original to the object. Date of rebinding is unknown.

Please note: The cataloger numbered the album pages beginning with the front flyleaf; database records have been created for only those pages with text printed on or photographs adhered to them.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, C: ALFRED TENNYSON'S \ IDYLLS OF THE KING AND OTHER POEMS \ ILLUSTRATED BY \ JULIA MARGARET CAMERON.
Inscribed in black ink inside front cover, BC: To the Right Hon'ble \ Sir Wm Gregory \ From his friend \ Julia Margaret Cameron \ Ceylon 1876 \ Easter Monday
Printed in black ink inside front cover, BC: BOUND BY T. FREEMAN OXFORD

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