Lancelot and Guinevere
Datec. 1873
Artist
Julia Margaret Cameron
(British photographer, 1815–1879)
MediumAlbumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions13 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (34.9 × 28.6 cm)
frame: 26 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (67.3 × 57.2 cm)
frame: 26 1/2 × 22 1/2 in. (67.3 × 57.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquired through the Samuel and Mary R. Bancroft Memorial, 1979
Object number1979-71
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextThis photograph illustrates the moment when Lancelot presents a diamond necklace, won in a tournament, to Queen Guinevere. It is part of Cameron’s most important body of work, a series of photographic illustrations for Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Beginning in 1874, she produced approximately 180 photographs in preparation for this work. Cameron’s photographs reflect the influence of the Pre Raphaelites.
