Lady Caroline Emily Nevill (31 May 1829 – 23 February 1887) was an early English photographer.

Personal life

Caroline Emily Nevill was the eldest daughter of William Nevill, 4th Earl of Abergavenny, and his wife, Caroline Leeke. Her older brother William was born in 1826, at Longford Hall in Shropshire; her next-younger sister Henrietta Augusta was born in 1830, near Maidstone in Kent.

Caroline Emily Nevill

Photography

Nevill and her younger sisters Henrietta (1830–1912) and Isabel (1831–1915) were together known as "The Trio" when they exhibited at the London Photographic Society in 1854. Nevill was introduced to photography by W.J. Thomas, editor of the journal Notes and Queries.

Caroline Emily Nevill

Lady Caroline was a pioneering member of the Photographic Exchange Club (founded 1855) contributing architectural views of Kent from 1855 to 1858. From 1859, she also contributed to the Amateur Photographic Association. She has her potrait made by Camille Silvy, which is now at National Portrait Gallery.

Caroline Emily Nevill

Personal life

Caroline Emily Nevill died in 1887, aged 57 years.

References

1829 births

1887 deaths

19th-century English photographers

19th-century British women artists

English women photographers

Daughters of British earls

Pioneers of photography

Caroline Emily

Photographers from Shropshire

19th-century women photographers