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London:  The Institute of Chicago and London:  Yale University Press, 1998, p. 98."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Lukitsh, Joanne.  <u>Julia Margaret Cameron.</u>  London:  Phaidon Press, 2001, p. 117."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Hill, Brian.  <u>Julia Margaret Cameron:  A Victorian Family Portrait</u>.  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