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Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; formerly Duckworth; 7 February 1846 – 5 May 1895) was an English Pre-Raphaelite model and philanthropist. She was the wife of the biographer Leslie Stephen and mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, members of the Bloomsbury Group.
Julia Stephen was a philanthropist, writer, and celebrated beauty, whose defence of the ‘agnostic woman’ – though unpublished in her lifetime – presented a powerful argument for the right of women to religious scepticism. Julia, herself an agnostic, was first drawn to her future husband Leslie Stephen on account of his own writings on non-belief.
Julia Prinsep Stephen is usually known, if she is known at all, as the mother of the writer Virginia Woolf and the artist Vanessa Bell. Beyond that she remains a shadowy, elusive figure, often described as a vision, an angel, or an invisible presence. It was her beauty which most people noticed.
Oct 22, 2020 · Julia Stephen was always there to support her family and friends. She nursed the sick and dying, travelled round London by bus visiting hospitals and workhouses, and was never afraid to speak out ‘on behalf of workhouse inmates whose half-pint beer allocation had been removed by temperance campaigners’. [11]
Julia Prinsep Stephen was a celebrated Englishwoman, noted for her beauty as a Pre-Raphaelite model and philanthropist. She was the wife of the biographer Leslie Stephen and mother of Virginia...
Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson, formerly Mrs Duckworth) (1846-1895), Beauty and philanthropist; former wife of Herbert Duckworth, and later wife of Sir Leslie Stephen; mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Julia Stephen. Julia Stephen (1846-1895) was Virginia Woolf’s mother – and you can see their resemblance very clearly in the picture below. She was born in Calcutta, India to parents Dr John and Maria Pattle Jackson, and was the youngest of their three daughters. She was also the niece of famous Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
This is a brief introduction to some of Virginia Woolf’s many forebears through her mother, Julia Stephen’s, line of descent. I have come to think of them as fabulous, not only because many were very colourful and larger than life, but also because they were often the subject of fables and stories. Some of them….
Julia Prinsep Stephen was born on 7 February 1846 in Calcutta, the fourth child of John and Maria Jackson. Her father hastily scrawled his brief, blot-stained letter the following day, no doubt anxious to send the news with a ship due to sail.
Sep 5, 2016 · Julia Stephen (née Jackson) with daughter Stella Duckworth at Talland House, 1894. Stella Duckworth (1869-1897) was Julia’s first daughter and second born child with her first husband Herbert Duckworth. Stella was only one year old when her father died.
