The photographs:
Madonnas and Angelic Children
Julia Margaret CAMERON
British, 1815–79
Hosanna, 1865
albumen silver photograph
21.0 x 28.0 cm
The Wilson Centre for Photography
01:6961
In this photograph the bent poses appear devotional. A spiritual
implication is also evident in the title, the word 'hosanna' meaning a shout
of adoration. Without delineating specific characters, Cameron suggests that
we are observing the Holy Family and that this is a scene from the nativity.
Cameron's grandson, Archie, is the baby in this image.
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