Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879)
Queen Henrietta Maria announcing to her children the coming fate of their father King Charles I (Isabel Bateman, Laura and Rachel Gurney,) 1874

Albumen print, mounted on period board and printed 1871, signed, titled, dated, inscribed 'From Life Registered Photograph copyright' in ink and 'Colnaghi' embossed stamp on the mount; collection annotation in an unknown hand in ink on the mount verso.
image: 14 1/2 x 9 1/4in. (36.2 x 23.5cm.) mount: 23 x 17 3/4in. (58.4 x 45.1cm.)

Provenance:
Sotheby's London, The Collection of Paul F. Walther, May 10, 2001, lot 118

Exhibited:
Full of Grace, Palm Beach Photographic Centre, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 25-March 14, 2012

From the first moment, I handled my lens with a tender ardour.
JULIA MARGARET CAMERON

Rich purple-brown toned print on semi-gloss paper, trimmed to edges and mounted on thick, period card. Mount with even warming and scattered foxing; few small edges tears (repaired); linear scuff/ area of retouching, upper half of image; specks of retouching upper left corner; long fine scratch from top right edge to just below child's left arm; traces of oxidation in darker areas -- all visible in a raking light only. Cameron's classic image, In very good condition overall. Sold framed, glazed with Plexiglas.
Frame dimensions: 25 x 21in.