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Julia Margaret Cameron

(1815-1879), Pioneer photographer

Sitter in 9 portraits
Artist associated with 119 portraits
Born in Calcutta, educated in England and Paris, she married Charles Hay Cameron, a lawyer, in Calcutta in 1838, and moved to England on his retirement. Cameron was given her first camera 1863 and had her first exhibition at Colnaghi's in 1865. Despite her success, in 1875 she left Britain for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) where they had coffee plantations, remaining there until her death three years later. Cameron is best known for her portraits of great Victorians such as Darwin, Herschel, Watts and Tennyson and illustrations to the latter's Idylls of the King. Her unfinished autobiography Annals of my Glasshouse was written in 1874 and published in 1889.

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Aubrey Thomas de Vere, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P984

Aubrey Thomas de Vere

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, arched top, 1864
NPG P984

William Michael Rossetti, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P126

William Michael Rossetti

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 19 July 1865
NPG P126

Thomas Hughes, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P986

Thomas Hughes

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1865
NPG P986

Sir Henry Taylor, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P990

Sir Henry Taylor

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1 June 1865
NPG P990

Henry Thoby Prinsep, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P989

Henry Thoby Prinsep

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, arched top, 1866
NPG P989

Thomas Carlyle, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P122

Thomas Carlyle

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1867
On display in Room 23 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P122

Thomas Carlyle, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P123

Thomas Carlyle

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, printed in reverse, 1867
NPG P123

Frederick Locker-Lampson, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P102

Frederick Locker-Lampson

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, circa 1867
NPG P102

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P213

Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1867
On display in Room 21 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P213

Edward John Eyre, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P985

Edward John Eyre

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1867
On display in Room 23 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG P985

Charles Darwin, by Julia Margaret Cameron - NPG P8

Charles Darwin

by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen print, 1868-1869
NPG P8

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