Caroline Emily Nevill

Lady Caroline Emily Nevill (31 May 1829 – 23 February 1887) was an early English photographer.

Caroline Emily Nevill
Lady Caroline Emily Nevill by Camille Silvy
Born31 May 1829
Died23 February 1887
NationalityBritish
Known forPhotography

Personal life

Caroline Emily Nevill was the eldest daughter of William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and his wife, Caroline Leeke.[1][2] Her older brother WIlliam was born in 1826, at Longford Hall in Shropshire; her next-younger sister Henrietta Augusta was born in 1830, near Maidstone in Kent.[1]

Photography

Nevill and her younger sisters Henrietta (1830–1912)[3] and Isabel (1831–1915) were together known as "The Trio" when they exhibited at the London Photographic Society in 1854.[1][4]

Lady Caroline was a pioneering member of the Photographic Exchange Club (founded 1855) contributing architectural views of Kent from 1855 to 1858.[5] From 1859, she also contributed to the Amateur Photographic Association.[4]

Personal life

Caroline Emily Nevill died in 1887, aged 57 years.[6]

References
  1. "Lady Caroline Emily Nevill", The Peerage. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  2. "Wills Recently Proved and Administrations Granted". The Register, and Magazine of Biography. 1: 262. March 1869.
  3. "Lady Henrietta Augusta Mostyn (1830-1912)". Royal Academy of Arts. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  4. "Caroline Emily Nevill", Luminous Lint. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. Taylor, Roger; Schaaf, Larry John (2007). Impressed by Light: British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 353. ISBN 978-1-58839-225-1.
  6. "Lady Caroline Emily Nevill". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2020-03-05.


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