The Brilliance and Privilege of Jane Austen and Julia Margaret Cameron

It is crucial to grapple with the colonial structures that helped sustain the lives and work of the two 19th-century contemporaries, both celebrated as feminist heroines.

The Brilliance and Privilege of Jane Austen and Julia Margaret Cameron
Julia Margaret Cameron, "The Mountain Nymph Sweet Liberty" (1866), albumen print (© The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund)