Julia Jackson, Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867

Julia Margaret CameronBritish, 1815–1879

Julia Jackson

1867 · Photograph

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

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In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Particulars

Accession number: 1995.36.66

What it shows

Female Artist's Niece Duckworth Stephen, Julia (nee Jackson)

In the catalog

Photographs Albumen print Realism Impressionism 19th century British

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — Museum open access

Meanwhile, in the life of Julia Margaret Cameron

The whole life

1864–1875
Eleven years of photography
Cameron's career as a photographer lasted from 1864 to 1875: in that time she made more than 900 photographs, portraying great Victorians — Darwin, Tennyson, Browning, Longfellow, Herschel, Watts, Trollope, Carlyle and the actress Ellen Terry. The Virgin Mary in her religious scenes was most often played by her housekeeper, Mary Hillier.
1865
Sales through P. & D. Colnaghi
In 1865 Cameron joined the Photographic Society of Scotland and arranged for her prints to be sold through the London dealers P. & D. Colnaghi; demand for them was strong.
1865
The press derides her “out-of-focus portraits”
In 1865 The Photographic Journal wrote of her “series of out-of-focus portraits of celebrities”, crediting her daring originality at the expense of all other photographic qualities. Critics mocked her soft focus and unretouched prints, though The Illustrated London News saw in them a bold and successful application of the principles of fine art to photography.
August 1865
The South Kensington Museum buys 80 photographs
In August 1865 the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum) bought 80 of her photographs.
November 1865
First solo exhibition
In November 1865 Cameron held her first solo exhibition; her work was shown throughout Europe.
1868
First artist-in-residence of the South Kensington Museum
In 1868 the South Kensington Museum gave her two rooms to use as a portrait studio, making her its first artist-in-residence. By then her prints were being sold by two London agents, P. & D. Colnaghi and William Spooner.