Elaine the Lily - Maid of Astolat, Julia Margaret Cameron, 1874

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Elaine the Lily - Maid of Astolat, 1874, Albumen silver print from glass negative, x cm (13 1/2 x 11 3/16 in. ), Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon), In 1874 Tennyson asked Cameron to make photographic illustrations for a new edition of his Idylls of the King, a recasting of the Arthurian legends. Responding that both knew that “it is immortality to me to be bound up with you,” Cameron willingly accepted the assignment

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Size: 3771px × 4806px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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