Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn

Thereza Mary Dillwyn Llewelyn

Thereza Mary Dillwyn Llewelyn photographed by her father, John Dillwyn Llewelyn, in the 1850s.
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 wearing a Bernese (Swiss) Peasant dress, taken by her father, John Dillwyn Llewelyn.

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

  1. ↑ "Theresa Mary DILLWYN-LLEWELLYN". Wyndhammarsh.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Theresa Mary Dillwyn-Llewelyn". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  3. 1 2 Brück, Mary T. (2009). Women in Early British and Irish Astronomy: Stars and Satellites. Dordrecht: Springer. pp. 115–123. Bibcode:2009webi.book.....B. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-2473-2. ISBN 978-90-481-2472-5.
  4. ↑ Morris, Richard (2002). "Thoughts on the Mary Dillwyn Album". National Library of Wales Journal. Aberystwyth, Wales: National Library of Wales. 32 (4): 471–477. Retrieved 4 March 2016. See pages 474–476.
  5. 1 2 "Exclusive: British Library secures Dillwyn Llewelyn/Story-Maskelyne photographic archive". britishphotohistory.ning.com. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Joyner, Paul (1997). Artists in Wales c.1740-c.1851. National Library of Wales. p. 75. ISBN 978-1862250031.
  7. ↑ penllergare. "Deal to breathe new life into historic observatory". Penllergare Valley Woods. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  8. ↑ Birks, John L. (2005). "The Penllergare Observatory". The Antiquarian Astronomer. Society for the History of Astronomy. 2: 3–8. Bibcode:2005AntAs...2....3B. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Welsh sheriff who pioneered photography". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  10. ↑ Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn with Her Microscope, 1 January 1854, retrieved 4 March 2016
  11. ↑ "Anna Page Photography: Personal Project; In depth analysis; Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn with Her Microscope". annapagesphotography.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  12. ↑ "Photograph of Elinor Dillwyn Llewelyn by her sister Thereza Dillwyn...". Getty Images. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "CREW Blog: The Dillwyn Day: Science, Culture, Society". crewswansea.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Home – Dillwyn". Swansea University. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
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