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Eveleen Myers

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Eveleen Myers
Myers by George Frederic Watts, 1876
Born
Eveleen Tennant

(1856-11-21)21 November 1856
London, UK
Died12 March 1937(1937-03-12) (aged 80)
London, UK
Known forPhotography
Spouse
Frederic William Henry Myers
(m. 1880)

Eveleen Tennant Myers (21 November 1856 – 12 March 1937) was an English photographer.[1]

Biography

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Photograph of Silvia Constance Myers, Frederic William Henry Myers, and Harold Hawthorn Myers by Eveleen Tennant

Tennant was the third daughter of Charles Tennant (1796–1873) and Gertrude Barbara Rich Collier (1819–1918). Her sister was the artist, Dorothy Tennant.[2] She married the classicist, poet, and psychical researcher Frederic William Henry Myers (1843–1901) in 1880. They had two sons, the elder the novelist Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881–1944), and a daughter, the author Silvia Myers Blennerhassett.

Tennant posed for the Pre-Raphaelite painters George Frederic Watts and John Everett Millais.[3]

Myers took up photography in 1888, taking pictures of her family and visitors. She was self-taught.[2] She later gave up her practice after the death of her husband in 1901, dedicating her time to publishing Frederic W.H. Myers' writing.[4]

Collections

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Portrait of Eveleen Tennant by John Everett Millais
Portrait of Eveleen Tennant by George Frederic Watts

The National Portrait Gallery, London holds 203 of her photographic portraits, as well as 30 portraits with Myers née Tennant as the subject.[2] Tate in London holds portrait paintings by Watts[5] and by Millais[6] of Myers.







References

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  1. ^ Crompton, Sarah (6 May 2016). "She takes a good picture: six forgotten female pioneers of photography". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) (1856–1937), Photographer". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ Oberhausen, Judy; Peeters, Nic. "Excavating the work of Eveleen Myers". Understanding British Portraits. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ Fotografe! Women Photographers: Alinari Archives to Contemporary Perspectives exhibition, Florence, Italy: Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia, 2022
  5. ^ "George Frederic Watts: Eveleen Tennant, later Mrs F.W.H. Myers: exhibited 1880". Tate. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Sir John Everett Millais, Bt: Miss Eveleen Tennant: 1874". Tate. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

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