Julia Margaret Cameron
1865, May
Il Penseroso; Come pensive nun devout and pure, Sober, stedfast and demure; Portrait or rather Study of Lady Adelaide Talbot

Albumen print, from wet collodion glass negative
Victoria and Albert Museum
Given by Julia Margaret Cameron, 27 September 1865
 
The theme is taken from John Milton's poem "Il Penseroso" (about 1631).
 
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