A Brief History of Blue

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• George Frederick Watts
  This portrait depicts the English sculptor and painter, George Frederick Watts. Cameron and Watts met in the Little Holland House, an artist salon run by the sister of Cameron's husband.
• Ellen Terry at Age Sixteen
  "This contemplative portrait of Ellen Terry shows as a new bride during the Shakespearean actress's honeymoon stay at Freshwater on the Isle of Wight, where Cameron lived. Terry had married the portrait painter George Frederick Watts. Terry's forlorn expression and nervous gesture may be an actress's performance put on for the camera. Employing a non-fading print process used for commercially distributed pictures, Cameron's printer made multiple carbon prints available for purchase by Terry's and Cameron's fans."