'The Rosebud Garden of Girls' (Eleanor Dora ('Nelly') MacCallum (née Fraser-Tytler); Mary Seton Watts (née Fraser-Tytler); Christina Catherine Liddell (née Fraser-Tytler); Etheldred ('Ethel') Fraser-Tytler)
1 of 2 portraits of Mary Seton Watts (née Fraser-Tytler)
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'The Rosebud Garden of Girls' (Eleanor Dora ('Nelly') MacCallum (née Fraser-Tytler); Mary Seton Watts (née Fraser-Tytler); Christina Catherine Liddell (née Fraser-Tytler); Etheldred ('Ethel') Fraser-Tytler)
by Julia Margaret Cameron
albumen carte-de-visite on gold-edged mount, June 1868
3 1/8 in. x 2 1/4 in. (79 mm x 56 mm)
Given by Cordelia Curle (née Fisher), 1959
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NPG x18070
Sittersback to top
- Etheldred ('Ethel') Fraser-Tytler (1844-1919), Daughter of Charles Edward Fraser-Tytler. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Christina Catherine Liddell (née Fraser-Tytler) (1848-1927), Writer; wife of Edward Thomas Liddell; daughter of Charles Edward Fraser-Tytler. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Eleanor Dora ('Nelly') MacCallum (née Fraser-Tytler) (circa 1854-1909), Wife of James Dalgliesh Kellie-MacCallum; daughter of Charles Edward Fraser-Tytler. Sitter in 1 portrait. Identify
- Mary Seton Watts (née Fraser-Tytler) (1849-1938), Painter, designer, architect and architectural ceramicist; second wife of George Frederic Watts; daughter of Charles Edward Fraser-Tytler. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), Pioneer photographer. Artist or producer associated with 114 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
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'.Tell us more back to top
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