Julia Margaret Cameron
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© National Portrait Gallery, London
Julia Margaret Cameron
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1868
7 5/8 in. x 4 1/2 in. (194 mm x 115 mm)
Purchased, 2001
Primary Collection
NPG P880
On display in Room 23 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
Sitterback to top
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), Pioneer photographer. Sitter in 9 portraits, Artist or producer associated with 119 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Unknown photographer, Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 6584 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Shown dressed in her distinctive style, this photograph was given to the scientist Charles Darwin during his visit to her home 'Dimbola' in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight (now a museum) as the inscription on the mount indicates. During his stay, Darwin sat to Cameron, as did his brother Erasmus and Charles's son Horace.
Events of 1868back to top
Current affairs
Following the Earl of Derby's resignation, Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister. However, following a near immediate Liberal election victory, he is replaced as Prime Minister by Gladstone. Gladstone sets out his mission to 'pacify Ireland'.Separately, the first meeting of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is held in Manchester.
Public executions are abolished, and are moved from outside Newgate gaol to inside the prison.
Art and science
Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone published. Credited with writing the first sensation novel The Woman in White, Collins's claims another first here, as the mystery surrounding the disappearance of the Herncastle diamond, is recognised as one of the first detective novels.International
An uprising against Spanish rule in Cuba sparks off the Ten Years' War, in which 200,000 lives are lost. Cubans in the eastern provinces unite under wealthy planter Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. Another armed uprising takes place against Spanish rule in the town of Lares in Puerto Rico, known as the 'Grito de Lares'.Comments back to top
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