Julia Prinsep Stephen

“ She was unusually outspoken, but her genuine sympathy and goodness of heart saved her from ever alienating a friend.
At the age of fifty she took up photography, which in her hands became truly artistic, instead of possessing merely mechanical excellence. ”

“ She showed her philanthropy in 1846, when, through her energy and influence, she was able to raise a considerable sum for the relief of the sufferers in the Irish famine. Mrs. Cameron came to England with her husband and family in 1848. They resided in London, and afterwards went to Putney, and in 1860 settled at Freshwater in the Isle of Wight, where they were the neighbours and friends of Lord Tennyson. ”