May 21, 2015 - Sale 2385

Sale 2385 - Lot 11

Price Realized: $ 5,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,500
CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET (1815-1879)
"The parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere" (Mr. Reed, Mrs. Hardinge). Albumen print, 14x11 1/8 inches (35.6x28.3 cm.), with Cameron's signature, her notation "From life - registered photograph copyright," and the title, in ink, on mount recto. 1874

Additional Details

with--A remnant of Cameron's "Philippa." Albumen print, with Cameron's signature, the subject's name, and her notation, in ink, on the remaining Colnaghi mount recto. 1860s.


From a photography collector named William Drewett (1834-1900), a Victorian Quaker, who lived at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight; by descent to the present owner.


The first: Julia Margaret Cameron, The Complete Photographs, pl. 1170.