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"For I'm to be Queen of the May, Mother, I'm to be Queen of the May" (The End)
Julia Margaret Cameron
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Portrait of Emily Peacock in costume and posing as the protagonist from the accompanying Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem titled "The May Queen". She holds a crown of flowers up to her chest and looks past the camera with her head slightly tilted to one side. Her long hair, covered by a brimmed hat, hangs down over her shoulders.
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- Title: "For I'm to be Queen of the May, Mother, I'm to be Queen of the May" (The End)
- Creator: Julia Margaret Cameron
- Date Created: May 1, 1875
- Location Created: Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England
- Physical Dimensions: 35.2 × 27.3 cm (13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.732.1.2.2
- Culture: British
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: Julia Margaret Cameron (British, born India, 1815 - 1879)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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