Julia Margaret Cameron

The Colonial Shadows of Victorian Photography

Jeff Rosen

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Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
05 September 2024

Photographs: collections; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Colonialism & imperialism; Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

A bold new study of Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs, charting the legacy of colonialism following the 1857 Indian Uprising

Julia Margaret Cameron's photography unfolded in the shadow of the 1857 Indian Uprising, the momentous anticolonial revolt against British rule. Jeff Rosen situates Cameron, best known for her portraits of the Victorian elite, at the centre of a colonialist culture in crisis, revealing how she first responded to the war in India by drawing upon her experience creating photographic albums, and then demonstrating how she began to generate imagery that visualised Britain's imperial power.

In this book, Rosen examines how Cameron and her family processed news of the rebellion alongside former colonists and government officials, men such as Sir John Herschel, Lord Lansdowne, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and her husband, Charles Cameron. He also demonstrates how Cameron's artistic choices were inspired by the fine art criticism associated with the Arundel Society and the South Kensington Museum. In the process, Rosen analyses the symbolism in Cameron's portraits, the political codes in her imagery of widows and orphans, and the historical narratives that informed her allegories of the revolt and its aftermath.

Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

By: Jeff Rosen
Imprint: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781913107420
ISBN 10: 1913107426
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 05 September 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jeff Rosen received his PhD in art history from Northwestern University. A former college professor, university dean, and vice president of higher education policy, he is now a Scholar-in-Residence at the Newberry Library, Chicago.