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Rejlander visited the Isle of Wight in the early 1860s, photographing members of the Tennyson and Cameron households. It is believed that Julia Margaret Cameron either worked in collaboration with Rejlander and/or printed this work.  To do so, Cameron placed ferns between the paper and one of Rejlander’s negatives. The ferns printed as white, forming a frame around the portrait. It shows Cameron’s experimental nature and provides a glimpse of her photographic practice before she acquired a camera. \r\n","physicalDescription":"A photograph of a young woman (Kate Dore) taken in 3/4 profile, her hair is loose.  The edges of the photograph have images of ferns produced using the photogram technique.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Cameron, Julia Margaret","id":"A8214"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Rejlander, Oscar Gustav","id":"A12242"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"photographic paper","id":"AAT14190"},{"text":"","id":""}],"techniques":[{"text":"albumen process","id":"AAT133274"},{"text":"photogram","id":"x47168"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Albumen print; the ferns added by the photogram technique","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"},{"text":"Woman Artist","id":"THES387590"},{"text":"Woman photographer","id":"THES380381"}],"styles":[{"text":"Victorian","id":"AAT21232"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AN1827","2008BU5446","2014HB9213"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"X","shelf":"311","box":"P"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Isle of Wight","id":"x28925"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1864","earliest":"1859-01-01","latest":"1868-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Mrs Margaret Southam, 1941","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"19.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"15","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"This print is a photogram, a technique of making a picture without a camera or lens. Photograms are made by placing objects on top of a piece of photographic paper and then exposing the composition to light. In this example, ferns were placed in contact with the glass negative prior to printing-out in sunlight. \r\n\r\nThis appears to be unique in Cameron's oeuvre, as she did not use photogram techniques elsewhere in her work. However, it is typical of her iconoclastic and experimental methods. She embellished a portrait, known to be by Oscar Rejlander, by placing ferns between the negative and the printing paper. The ferns, printing as white, perhaps symbolise the delicate sensibility of the young woman, and perhaps her 'naturalness'.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Photograph by Oscar Gustave Rejlander in collaboration with Julia Margaret Cameron, 'Kate Dore with Photogram Frame of Ferns', albumen print, ca. 1862","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Cox, Julian and Colin Ford, with contributions by Joanne Lukitsh and Philippa Wright. <u>Julia Margaret Cameron: The Complete Photographs</u>. London: Thames &amp; Hudson, in association with The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles and The National Museum of Photography, Film & Television, Bradford, 2003. 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This embellished photogram is originally by Swedish photographer Oscar G. Rejlander (1813–1875), who visited Cameron’s home on the Isle of Wight in the early 1860s. Rejlander was a pioneer of ‘combination printing’, which used more than one negative to create complex compositions. Cameron has placed ferns between the negative and the printing paper, perhaps to symbolize the delicate Victorian sensibility of the young woman. This singular photogram appears to be unique in Cameron’s oeuvre. ","date":{"text":"26/11/2025","earliest":"2025-11-26","latest":"2025-11-26"}},{"text":"<i>Julia Margaret Cameron:  A Bicentenary Exhibition</i>\n\nOscar Gustaf Rejlander (1813–75), printed by Julia Margaret Cameron\r\n<b>Kate Dore</b>\r\nAbout 1862\r\n\r\nO.G. Rejlander visited the Isle of Wight in the early 1860s, photographing members of the Tennyson and Cameron households. To make this print, Cameron placed ferns between the paper and one of Rejlander’s negatives. The ferns printed as white, forming a frame around the portrait. It shows Cameron’s experimental nature and provides a glimpse of her photographic practice before she acquired a camera. \r\n\r\nGiven by Mrs Margaret Southam, 1941\r\nMuseum no. PH.258-1982\r\n","date":{"text":"18 November 2014 – 25 September 2016","earliest":"2014-11-18","latest":"2016-09-25"}}],"partNumbers":["PH.258-1982"],"accessionNumberNum":"258","accessionNumberPrefix":"PH","accessionYear":1982,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-11-26","recordCreationDate":"2004-01-06","availableToBook":false}}