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This is a sepia toned photograph showing a young girl sitting on the ground, facing the right, with her back against a dark wall or structure. Her legs are bent, and her right arm is holding her knee. She has pale skin and long, wavy, blonde or light brown hair. Her eyes are almost closed, and her mouth is slightly open. She wears no clothes or shoes. The background is dark brown, with some hazy, indistinct white shapes in the top right corner.
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This is a sepia toned photograph showing a young girl sitting on the ground, facing the right, with her back against a dark wall or structure. Her legs are bent, and her right arm is holding her knee. She has pale skin and long, wavy, blonde or light brown hair. Her eyes are almost closed, and her mouth is slightly open. She wears no clothes or shoes. The background is dark brown, with some hazy, indistinct white shapes in the top right corner.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

An Angel unwinged by your desire

Julia Margaret Cameron

Date
1873
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 28.4 × 37.9 cm (11 3/16 × 14 15/16 in.) mount: 40.7 × 55.9 cm (16 × 22 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2007.29.16
Credit line
Paul Mellon Fund
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CPH
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • British
  • albumen silver print
Provenance

James Pope-Hennessey; his estate; Howard and Jane Ricketts, London; NGA purchase, 2007.

NGA object ID 137724. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.