Home›Sources›Vivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)SourcesVivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access collection API record, read 2026-08-18Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Vivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-vivien-and-merlin-cameron-52-524-3-5.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Vivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-vivien-and-merlin-cameron-52-524-3-5Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-vivien-and-merlin-accession-52-524-3-5-m, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Vivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/met-vivien-and-merlin-cameron-52-524-3-5}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe Metropolitan Museum of Art's own open-access collection API record for "Vivien and Merlin," an albumen silver print from a glass negative by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1874, staged from the Arthurian legend of Vivien's enchantment of Merlin, subject matter Cameron drew from Tennyson's Idylls of the King. The record's own title names the subject outright. David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952. Accession number 52.524.3.5.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (10 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedMetropolitan Museum of ArtURLWell-attestedhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/282118Source TypeWell-attestedMuseumAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The holding museum's own open-access collection API record for the accessioned photograph, the strongest available record for its artist, date and accession number, whose own title names the subject outright.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithMerlin, Figures Well-attested This source names Merlin directly: "collection API record for "Vivien and Merlin," an albumen silver print from a glass negative by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1874, staged from the Arthurian legend of Vivien's enchantment of Merlin..."Source Vivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (10 claims)This source backs 10 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.Sacred Art & Iconography, 4 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Well-attested6Sacred Art & IconographyVivien and Merlin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 52.524.3.5)SourcesVivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Holds2Sacred Art & IconographyVivien and Merlin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 52.524.3.5)SourcesVivien and Merlin, accession 52.524.3.5 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)Connected1Sacred Art & IconographyVivien and Merlin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 52.524.3.5)General References1Sacred Art & IconographyVivien and Merlin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 52.524.3.5)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year