[Ceylonese Woman]

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79)

1875-79

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Image: 20 × 15.2 cm (7 7/8 × 6 in.)

Met Museum: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969

Object Number: 69.607.3

Cameron's sitters in Ceylon, unlike those in England, were rarely people with whom she had an intimate connection, but they are still of much more than documentary interest. As Amanda Hopkinson says, "she never lost her eye for beauty" (93).