The photographs:
Famous Men and Fair Women
Julia Margaret CAMERON
British, 1815–79
Portrait of Professor Jowett, 1864
albumen silver photograph
20.4 x 25.6cm
The Wilson Centre for Photography
87:3194
Benjamin Jowett (1817–93) was Master of Balliol College and Regius
Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford. He was an admirer and close
friend of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. During the summer months Jowett rented a
quiet cottage at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight near the Cameron's home and
it was there he translated Plato from ancient Greek into English.
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