The 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.
Facts
Citation
PublisherMetropolitan Museum of Art
URLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/282118
Source TypeMuseum
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
The 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. Connections
Associated With
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)
Claims Backed By This Source (13 claims)
This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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