Dimbola Lodge was the Isle of Wight home of the Victorian pioneer photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. The Isle of Wight is an English island, south of Southampton off the southern English coast. ... A portrait of Julia Jackson who was Camerons niece and favorite subject, an albumen silver print by Julia Margaret Cameron, taken in 1867. ...

It is now the home of the Julia Margaret Cameron Trust, and a photographic museum.

History of the property

Julia Margaret Cameron bought two adjacent cottages in Freshwater Bay from a local fisherman called Jacob Long in 1860. In order to make the house look more beautiful to her friends returning from the beach, they were linked by a central tower in the Gothic style current at the time. The structure dominates the skyline from Freshwater Bay and gives a focus to the surrounding area. A portrait of Julia Jackson who was Camerons niece and favorite subject, an albumen silver print by Julia Margaret Cameron, taken in 1867. ... Freshwater Bay can refer to: The cove on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England: see Freshwater, Isle of Wight The bay in Newfoundland, Canada: see Freshwater Bay, Newfoundland This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... See also Gothic art. ...

Dimbola Lodge served both as her home and her studio. It was here that the greatest of Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs were made.

After the Camerons returned to Ceylon the property was again divided into two parts. These were later renamed Dimbola, which became a private residence and holiday flats, and Cameron House which eventually became unoccupied and under the threat of demolition by developers. The Julia Margaret Cameron Trust acquired both properties in 1993 and it is now open to the public. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...