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"title": "Cheating Death: Portrait Photography\u2019s First Half Century",
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"description": "One of the greatest portrait photographers of the Victorian period, Julia Margaret Cameron produced haunting images that transcended physical description, mirroring the inner lives of her subjects. This photograph depicts Julia Jackson, Cameron\u2019s beloved niece, namesake, and goddaughter. At a time when most women had only two or three photographs taken of them during their lifetime, Cameron created over 50 portraits of Jackson, a renowned beauty at the time who modeled for other artists. This boldly modern close-up of 21-year-old Jackson\u2014taken just weeks before her marriage\u2014suggests self-reflection and doubt.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.",
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"citation": "Tannenbaum, Barbara. \u201cAcquisitions 2015: Photography.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 28-29.",
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"citation": "Tannenbaum, Barbara. \"Cheating Death: A look at the first 50 years of portrait photography.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 5 (September/October 2016): 8-9.",
"page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 9",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-05"
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"citation": "Griswold, William M. \u201cRecent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art.\u201d Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104.",
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