Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn
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Thereza Mary Dillwyn Llewelyn photographed by her father, John Dillwyn Llewelyn, in the 1850s.
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| Born | Thereza Mary Dillwyn Llewelyn 1834 Penllergaer, Wales |
| Died | February 1926 Basset Down House, Wroughton, Wiltshire, England |
| Spouse(s) | Nevil Story Maskelyne |
| Children | Mary Story Maskelyne, Thereza Story Maskelyne |
| Parent(s) | John Dillwyn Llewelyn, Emma Thomasina Llewelyn (née Talbot) |
Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn (1834 – February 1926) was a Welsh pioneer photographer and astronomer.
Early life
She was born at Penllergare House in Glamorganshire,[1] the eldest daughter of pioneer photographer John Dillwyn Llewelyn and Emma Thomasina Talbot,[2] who was a cousin of Henry Fox Talbot.[3] Her Aunt, Mary Dillwyn, is claimed to be the earliest female photographer in Wales. Unsurprisingly, Thereza developed an interest in photography, and also astronomy.[4] Both were uncommon endeavors for women in the Victorian era.[5]
Photography
Thereza assisted her father with his photographic experiments,[6] which included the pruduction of some of the earliest photographs of the moon. These were taken during the mid-1850s from her father's equatorial observatory at Penllergare Valley Woods.[3][7][8] She also helped him develop a means to photograph snow crystals.[9]
As well as practicing photography alongside her father, Thereza was often the subject of her father's photographs. One of these portraits, taken around 1854,[10] has a photogram of ferns as a vignette border rather than the lace, ink and watercolour, or papercut borders that were common at the time.[11] This decorative method was adopted by Thereza herself for at least one of her photographs: a portrait of her sister, Elinor.[12]
Marriage
She married Nevil Story Maskelyne on the 29th of June, 1858. Through him, she began a correspondence with Charles Darwin.[13]
Together they had two daughters: Mary Arnold-Forster, wife of H. O. Arnold-Forster, and Thereza Rucker, wife of Arthur William Rucker.[2]
British Library
In 2012, the British Library acquired the Dillwyn Llewelyn/Story Maskelyne photographic archive,[5] which includes a selection of Thereza's journals, memoirs, and photographs.[14]
References
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