Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson, formerly Mrs Duckworth)
(1846-1895), Beauty and philanthropist; former wife of Herbert Duckworth, and later wife of Sir Leslie Stephen; mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa BellSitter in 8 portraits
The niece and goddaughter of Julia Margaret Cameron and, like her, a member of the artistic circle which gathered at Little Holland House. She was a renowned beauty and a favourite of the Pre-Raphaelites and sat for Burne-Jones, as well as G. F. Watts and her godmother. From her second marriage to the historian, Leslie Stephen, she was the mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
Related People
- Julian Bell (grandson)
- Quentin Claudian Stephen Bell (grandson)
- Vanessa Bell (née Stephen) (daughter)
- Julia Margaret Cameron (aunt)
- Sir George Herbert Duckworth (son)
- Gerald Duckworth (son)
- Stella Duckworth (daughter)
- Arthur Alexander Fisher (nephew)
- Mary Louisa Fisher (née Jackson) (sister)
- Angelica Vanessa Garnett (née Bell) (granddaughter)
- (Karin) Judith Henderson (née Stephen) (granddaughter)
- John Jackson (father)
- Maria ('Mia') Jackson (mother)
- Adrian Stephen (son)
- Sir Leslie Stephen (husband)
- Thoby Stephen (son)
- Ann Davies Synge (née Stephen) (granddaughter)
- Virginia Woolf (née Stephen) (daughter)
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