Julia Margaret Cameron

Anna Spydell (Sewanee, University of the South)

Ed. by Grace Moore, University of Otago
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901.
Vol. editors: Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Jessica Gossling (Goldsmiths College, University of London)

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Born 11 Jun 1815
Died 26 Jan 1879
Activity 1835-1879

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Born in India
Active in England

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Julia Margaret Pattle Cameron was born in Calcutta (today, Kolkata), India on June 11, 1815. Her father, James Pattle, worked for the East India Company, and her mother, Adeline Marie de l’Etang, was the aristocratic daughter of a former page of Marie Antoinette, who had been sent to India under suspicion of being somewhat too much in the French queen’s favour. A family of six surviving daughters, the Pattle sisters were known for their beauty, their closeness, their unconventionality, and their enthusiasm for the arts. Members of the British colonial upper class in India, they were well educated. Each of the daughters was sent to spend a period being educated in Versailles with their French grandmother, Julia spending the years 1818 - 1834 in her care before returning to India. The…

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Citation: Spydell, Anna. "Julia Margaret Cameron". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 October 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=708, accessed 24 November 2024.]