Eveleen Myers
Eveleen Tennant Myers (21 November 1856 – 12 March 1937) was an English photographer.
Also recorded as Eveleen Tennant Myers · Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) · Eveleen W. H. Myers · Eveleen Tennant
Eveleen Myers

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- Name
- Eveleen Myers
- Birth Name
- Eveleen Tennant
- Born
- 21 November 1856
- Birthplace
- London, UK
- Died
- 12 March 1937
- Field
- Photography
- Nationality
- United Kingdom · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Eveleen Tennant Myers (21 November 1856 – 12 March 1937) was an English photographer.
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Eveleen Myers was a photographer, of British and British nationality. The photographer was born in London and died in London. Activity centred on photography.
Languages used include English. Works are held at Art Institute of Chicago and Seattle Art Museum.
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495

Died In · outgoing
London
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495
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United Kingdom
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wikidata · Q5416232 · wikipedia · Eveleen Myers
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Eveleen Myers • Birth Name — Eveleen Tennant • Born — 21 November 1856 • Birthplace — London, UK • Died — 12 March 1937 • Place of death — London, UK • Field — Photography
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — 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.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Eveleen Tennant Myers, Eveleen Myers (née Tennant), Eveleen W. Myers, Eveleen Tennant and Mrs.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1856
Eveleen Myers was born on 21 November 1856.
1937
Eveleen Myers died on 12 March 1937.
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Eveleen Myers was born at London.
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Eveleen Myers died at London.
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London.
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Eveleen Myers was born in London.
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Eveleen Myers died in London.
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Collections
Collections
• Illustration — Portrait of Eveleen Tennant by John Everett Millais, 1874 • Illustration — 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.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5416232: Eveleen Myers
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- “Eveleen Myers”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Crompton, Sarah. She takes a good picture: six forgotten female pioneers of photography. The Guardian. 6 May 2016.
- 2.Eveleen Myers (née Tennant) (1856–1937), Photographer. National Portrait Gallery.
- 3.Oberhausen, Judy. Excavating the work of Eveleen Myers. Understanding British Portraits.
- 4.Fondazione Alinari per la Fotografia. Fotografe! Women Photographers: Alinari Archives to Contemporary Perspectives exhibition. 2022.
- 5.George Frederic Watts: Eveleen Tennant, later Mrs F.W.H. Myers: exhibited 1880. Tate.
- 6.Sir John Everett Millais, Bt: Miss Eveleen Tennant: 1874. Tate.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- Hamilton, Trevor. Immortal Longings: F.W.H. Myers and the Victorian search for life after death. Imprint Academic. 2009. 978-1-8454-0248-8.
- Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843–1901). Alan. Gauld. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/35177.
- Tennant, Gertrude Barbara Rich (1819–1918). David. Waller. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/55520.
- Laurie, Kedrun (2021). "Evy: George Frederic Watts's portrait of Eveleen Tennant". Wilmington: Delaware Art Museum. .
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Eveleen Myers is recorded with the occupation photographer.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Seattle Art Museum, J. Eveleen Myers is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
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