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Julia Jackson, albumen silver print by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867; in the Art Institute of Chicago. Julia Margaret Cameron. Charles Darwin Portrait of Charles Darwin wearing a dark cloak and hat, with a long white beard, standing beside a wall with climbing vines. Mrs. Herbert Duckworth, by Julia Margaret Cameron Julia Margaret Cameron: The Mountain Nymph, Sweet Liberty
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Julia Margaret Cameron

British photographer
Also known as: Julia Margaret Pattle
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Julia Margaret Cameron (born June 11, 1815, Calcutta, India—died January 26, 1879, Kalutara, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]) was a British photographer who is considered one of the greatest portrait photographers of the 19th century. The daughter of an officer in the East India Company, Julia Margaret Pattle married jurist Charles Hay Cameron in 1838. The couple had six children, and in 1860 the family settled on the Isle of Wight. After receiving a camera as...

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