Pomona, 1872, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: x cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.), Photographs, Julia

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Pomona, 1872, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Image: x cm (14 5/16 x 10 3/8 in.), Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon), Alice Liddell (1852–1934)—who, as a child, was Lewis Carroll’s muse and frequent photographic model—posed for Cameron a dozen times in August and September 1872. Against a dense background of foliage and bedecked with flowers, the twenty-year-old Liddell was photographed by Cameron as the embodiment of fruitful abundance, Pomona, Roman goddess of gardens and fruit trees

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Size: 3854px × 5342px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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