Eveleen Myers

Eveleen Myers
Myers by George Frederic Watts, 1876
Born	Eveleen Tennant (1856-11-21)21 November 1856 London, UK
Died	12 March 1937(1937-03-12) (aged 80) London, UK
Known for	Photography
Spouse	Frederic William Henry Myers ​ ​ (m. 1880)​

Eveleen Tennant Myers (21 November 1856 – 12 March 1937) was an English photographer.

Biography

Photograph of Silvia Constance Myers, Frederic William Henry Myers, and Harold Hawthorn Myers by Eveleen Tennant

Tennant was the third daughter of Charles Tennant (1796–1873) and Gertrude Barbara Rich Collier (1819–1918). Her sister was the artist, Dorothy Tennant. She married the classicist, poet, and psychical researcher Frederic William Henry Myers (1843–1901) in 1880. They had two sons, the elder the novelist Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881–1944), and a daughter, the author Silvia Myers Blennerhassett.

Tennant posed for the Pre-Raphaelite painters George Frederic Watts and John Everett Millais.

Myers took up photography in 1888, taking pictures of her family and visitors. She was self-taught. She later gave up her practice after the death of her husband in 1901, dedicating her time to publishing Frederic W.H. Myers' writing.

Collections

Portrait of Eveleen Tennant by John Everett Millais

Portrait of Eveleen Tennant by George Frederic Watts

The National Portrait Gallery, London holds 203 of her photographic portraits, as well as 30 portraits with Myers née Tennant as the subject. Tate in London holds portrait paintings by Watts and by Millais of Myers.

Further reading

• Hamilton, Trevor (2009). Immortal Longings: F.W.H. Myers and the Victorian search for life after death. Imprint Academic. ISBN 978-1-8454-0248-8.
• Gauld, Alan (2004). "Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35177. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Waller, David (2004). "Tennant, Gertrude Barbara Rich (1819–1918)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55520. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Laurie, Kedrun (2021). "Evy: George Frederic Watts's portrait of Eveleen Tennant". Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum. ISBN 978-1-7367899-1-9.

External links

• Eveleen Myers 1856-1937