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Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson; formerly Duckworth; 7 February 1846 – 5 May 1895) was an English Pre-Raphaelite model and philanthropist. She was the wife of the biographer Leslie Stephen and mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell, members of the Bloomsbury Group.
Julia Prinsep Stephen is usually known, if she is known at all, as the mother of the writer Virginia Woolf and the artist Vanessa Bell. Beyond that she remains a shadowy, elusive figure, often described as a vision, an angel, or an invisible presence. It was her beauty which most people noticed.
Julia Prinsep Stephen (née Jackson, formerly Mrs Duckworth) (1846-1895), Beauty and philanthropist; former wife of Herbert Duckworth, and later wife of Sir Leslie Stephen; mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. Sitter in 8 portraits.
Julia Stephen was a philanthropist, writer, and celebrated beauty, whose defence of the ‘agnostic woman’ – though unpublished in her lifetime – presented a powerful argument for the right of women to religious scepticism.
My search to find out about the elusive Julia Prinsep Stephen (pictured), mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
A Biography of Julia Prinsep Stephen by Marion Dell. © CC BY-NC-SA unless otherwise stated; image copyrights are listed in the credits and they are not licensed for re-use. Indian roots. Julia’s story – a fairy-tale beginning in India. 1. Pastel drawing of Adeline and Mary Jackson in England, 1846, by V. Dartiguenave. 2.
Julia Prinsep Stephen’s influence on Woolf is both more nebulous and more all-encompassing than that of Cameron and Ritchie. Woolf frequently felt her presence, ‘there she is; beautiful, emphatic, with her familiar phrase and her laugh; closer than any of the living are’ (Rem: 40).
