Smudging the pencil of nature
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Julia Margaret Cameron was a 19th century photographer. She was born in 1815, the granddaughter, of Chevalier Ambrose de l'Etang, a page of Marie-Antoinette, and was married in 1838 to Charles Hay Cameron, who owned Ceylonese coffee and tea plantations. When her career was at its peak in 1875, Cameron left the UK for Ceylon, where she died in 1879. Lynne Truss, humorous novelist, has written a fictionalised biography of Cameron, which focuses on her life when she was next-door-neighbour to Alfred Tennyson. There is speculation of the existence of love-letters between the two.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1996
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Making history: all in the best possible taste
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An exhibition of items associated with William Beckford, a prominent figure in UK society in the late 18th century, is being held at Christie's in London, England. It is clear that Beckford had a talent for spotting high quality art, and he was able to use his large personal fortune to purchase some very good pieces. However, the exhibition, which is being held to raise money for the restoration of a tower he constructed in the garden of his last home in Bath, England, in the 1820s, is rather disappointing.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
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