Oct 21, 2003 - Sale 1981

Sale 1981 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 3,450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
CAMERON, JULIA MARGARET (1815-1879)
"The sacred and lovely remains of my little adopted child Adeline Grace Clogstoun." Albumen print, 51/2x73/4 inches (14x19.7 cm.), with a Colnaghi blind stamp on mount recto. 1872
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Cameron made four different "memento mori" photographs of Adeline, the granddaughter of Cameron's eldest sister, who died in a tragic accident while roughhousing with her sister. Each image was carefully composed to show the deep emotional connection betweeen Cameron and the child.