The Corpse of Elaine in the Palace of King Arthur

The Corpse of Elaine in the Palace of King Arthur

Bound volume

Julia Margaret Cameron

Maker
British, b. India, 1815–1879

Henry S. King & Company

British, 1838–1878

The Corpse of Elaine in the Palace of King Arthur

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


1874–1875
Albumen silver print
Image: 13 7/8 × 11 7/16 in. (35.2 × 29 cm)
Mount: 16 15/16 × 12 11/16 in. (43 × 32.3 cm)
Purchase
1976.0024.0047
Inscriptions Inscribed in black ink below image, B: From Life Registered Photograph copy right Julia Margaret Cameron Fresh Water \ The Corpse of Elaine in the Palace of King Arthur \ "And reverently they bore her into the hall. \ But Arthur spied the letter in her hand \ stoopt, took, brake seal, and read it,..."
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