Enid

1874

Julia Margaret Cameron English, 1815 - 1879

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About the Artwork

Julia Margaret Cameron took this work as part of a set of photographic illustrations for an edition of Idylls of the King, a series of narrative poems written by English poet Alfred Tennyson between 1859 and 1885. Cameron portrayed the character Enid in a white veil and gown, pausing in reflection before a large wooden cabinet. The silk, mantle, and veil were objects that reminded her of the fresh beginnings of her husband Geraint’s love at a time when his jealousy had tarnished the devotion of the pure-hearted Enid.

Title Enid

Artwork Date 1874

Artist Julia Margaret Cameron

Life Dates 1815 - 1879

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. English

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Albumen print

Dimensions Image: 13 × 9 3/8 inches (33 × 23.8 cm) Mount: 16 7/8 × 13 1/8 inches (42.9 × 33.3 cm)

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Joseph M. de Grimme Memorial Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. F77.6

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Signed Signed on mount, in pen and black ink, lower right: Julia Margaret Cameron

Inscriptions Inscribed, lower left, in pen and black ink: From life registered Photograph Copyright

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Daniel Wolf Gallery (New York, New York, USA);
1977-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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