| Julia Margaret Cameron Il Penseroso; Come pensive nun devout and pure, Sober, stedfast and demure; Portrait or rather Study of Lady Adelaide Talbot 1865, May Albumen print, from wet collodion glass negative Victoria and Albert Museum Given by Julia Margaret Cameron, 27 September 1865 LL/62716 The theme is taken from John Milton's poem "Il Penseroso" (about 1631).
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