Julia Margaret Cameron was a British photographer who is considered one of the most important portraitists of the 19th century. She is known for her soft-focus close-ups of famous Victorians and for illustrative images depicting characters from mythology, Christianity, and literature.
Cameron in 1870
A drawing of Julia Margaret Cameron by James Prinsep
Julia Margaret Cameron by George Frederic Watts. Oil on canvas, 1850–1852, 24 in. x 20 in. (610 mm x 508 mm).
Cameron called this 29 January 1864 portrait of Annie Philpot her "first success."
Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Freshwater is a large village and civil parish at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England. The southern, coastal part of the village is Freshwater Bay, named for the adjacent small cove.
Freshwater sits at the western end of the region known as the Back of the Wight or the West Wight, a popular tourist area.
Freshwater Bay, December 2013
Freshwater town centre
Freshwater Bay, c. 1910. The large building in the foreground is The Albion, a Victorian hotel built in response to an influx in popularity
Dimbola Lodge (foreground, left), overlooking Freshwater Bay, 2006