Notes
Note for: Julia Margaret Pattle, 11 JUN 1815 - 26 JAN 1879 Index
Occupation:
Place: Photographer
Individual note:
Born in Calcuta, India, on June 11th, 1815, she studied in Paris and th
en moved to England. In 1838, she returns to India and marries Charles H
ay Cameron.
She approaches photography at forty-eight and after some years she alrea
dy has her works shown at the most important London galleries. She illustr
ates Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" and "Annals of My Glass House". In 18
75 she returns to India and dies in Ceilon.
A collection of her photographies can be found at the "National Portrait G
allery" in
London. The artist's high social level granted her with the friendsh
ip of great personalities
of the art and literature Victorian world. Her always increasing fame allo
wed her to portray the most important personalities of that time, althou
gh she has taken pictures of
her own family and her servants, as well.
She didn't have much concern with the technical aspects of photography (s
he has even
been accused of not knowing how to focus her images), but she took extre
me care on the esthetical and psichological views of her subjects.
Her portraits have the indoubtless trend of the romantic pictorial stre
am of the moment,the so-called Pre-Raphaellite Era. A tipical example is "
Alice Liddell"'s portrait, called "Alethea " and "Kiss of Peace". Her phot
os "Composition", 1865, and "Mrs. Herbert Duckworth", 1867, are world wi
de famous.
Also raised £10,000 for famine relief in Ireland
Julia Margaret Cameron, now recognized as one of the greatest photographe
rs of the 19th-century was born in Calcutta in 1815. She was educated in E
ngland and France, returning to India at the age of 23 to marry Charles H
ay Cameron. “It was in Calcutta that she first established herself as a so
ciety hostess–despite her inbred hatred of stuffiness and convention.” S
he was short, dark-haired, olive-skinned with a prominent wart on her fa
ce and "the oddity of her appearance was enhanced by the way in which s
he would festoon herself with brightly coloured shawls and drapery.” On Ch
arles´ retirement they returned to England where Julia became part of t
he artistic community based around Little Holland House. After visiting Te
nnyson at his home on the Isle of Wight she bought two nearby fishermen
's cottages, joined them together, named the house Dimbola after the fami
ly estates in Ceylon and established “a literary and artistic salon, hosti
ng social events for Tennyson and his guests and herself bringing the Litt
le Holland House set to this remote Island village.” A chance gift of a ca
mera in 1863 led to Julia's new hobby, which soon became an obsession. S
he photographed penetrating and unconventional portraits and many set tabl
eaux using friends, village-people, and passers-by as models. At the heig
ht of her fame as a pho- tographer she returned to Ceylon, where she di
ed four years later in 1879, an “eccentric, generous, determined, aggravat
ing, inspiring genius
Notes
Note for: Charles Hay Cameron, 11 FEB 1795 - MAY 1880 Index
Occupation:
Place: coffee planter
Individual note:
FAMOUS AS AN EARLY PHOTOGRAPHER. SEE HUGH ORAN
GE; BOOKS GALORE & NEWSPAPER
CUTTINGS; TREE FOR DESCENDANTS; BOYD THESIS; INDEX SHEETS ET
C.
THEY RAISED 6 CHILDREN, ADOPTED 5 ORPHANED NIECES AND ONE B
EGGAR
GIRL.according to Vi Whitmire's article for the Int'l Photog
.Hall of Fame, (in
ducted 1984). Okla City, O
K.
Charles Hay Cameron (1795–1880) was highly respected for his work on law c
ommissions in Ceylon and India, eventually becoming the fourth member of T
he Council of India. He met Julia Pattle, who was twenty years his junio
r, at Cape Town in 1836 when they were both recuperating from illnesses. T
he couple married in Calcutta in 1838 and lived in India until 1848.
C.H. Cameron was born in the Highlands of Scotland, though christened so
me months later in London. He became a coffee planter not a tea planter [
his sons went into tea after the collapse of the coffee industry in Ceylo
n] He wrote the judicial code for Ceylon, but participated in repor
ts on the Poor Law of England a year or so later. then became Law Commissi
oner in Calcutta until 1848. He lived for some years in Freshwat
er [I of W] after retiring from India, but Coffee was his subsequent livel
ihood. Bye for now, Henry
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Notes
Note for: Julia Hay Cameron, 1839 - 1873 Index
JACKSON, John Head Married M 56 ...
Hackney
Middlesex VIEW
JACKSON, Maria Wife Married F 42
Hackney
Middlesex VIEW
JACKSON, Mary Daughter Unmarried F 19
India Calcuta VIEW
JACKSON, Julia Daughter Unmarried F 15
India Calcuta VIEW
NORMAN, Chas Lloyd Visitor Married M 38 Merchant
Bromley
Kent VIEW
NORMAN, Julia Hay Visitor Married F 22
India Culcata VIEW
EDWARD, Eliza Governess Unmarried F 42 Governess
...
Warwickshire VIEW
CALEY, Jane Servant Unmarried F 36 Warkwoman Tea Worker
Ramsey
Kent VIEW
SERLE, Elizabeth Servant Unmarried F 36 Cook Domestic Servant
Henton
Devon VIEW
HANNON, Justine Servant Unmarried F 41 Ladys Maid
France... VIEW
CEADLE, Anne Servant Unmarried F 22 House Maid
Westminster
Buckinghamshire VIEW
SYAN, Belia Servant Unmarried F 22 House Maid
Surrey
Exper VIEW
1861 census