Eveleen Myers
British photographer (1856–1937)
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Eveleen Tennant Myers (21 November 1856 – 12 March 1937) was an English photographer.[1]
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21 November 1856
Eveleen Myers | |
|---|---|
Myers by George Frederic Watts, 1876 | |
| Born | Eveleen Tennant 21 November 1856 London, UK |
| Died | 12 March 1937 (aged 80) London, UK |
| Known for | Photography |
| Spouse |
Frederic William Henry Myers
(m. 1880) |
Biography
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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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.
