Pomona

Julia Margaret Cameron

September 1872 · Albumen silver print from glass negative · Photographs

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.

Artist

Julia Margaret Cameron

Date

September 1872

Medium

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Department

Photographs

Credit line

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1963