  
  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&acirc;&#128;&#153;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
  
  
  
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  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
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Albumen print
  
  
  Dimensions
  Image: 13 &Atilde;&#151; 9 3/8 inches (33 &Atilde;&#151; 23.8 cm)
  Mount: 16 7/8 &Atilde;&#151; 13 1/8 inches (42.9 &Atilde;&#151; 33.3 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Photographs
  
  
  Department
  Prints, Drawings &amp; 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&acirc;&#128;&#153;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&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  F77.6
  
  
  Copyright
  Public Domain
  
  
  
