L2.122 Lloyd, Julia Elizabeth, April 1869

L2.122 Lloyd, Julia Elizabeth, April 1869

Photographs and Portraits

1869

Carte de visite. Oval head and shoulders portrait of Julia Lloyd wearing outdoor dress. Photographer: Lawrence & Selkirk, Cape Town.

ulia Lloyd was born on January 14, 1843. Her mother, Lucy Anne Lloyd (born Jeffreys) died exactly one month after her birth, on February 14, 1843. Inscribed on the back in ink: Julia Elizabeth Lloyd. Taken April, 1869. The photograph would have been taken shortly before Julia (now 26) sailed on the Roman to England with Wilhelm, Jemima and Edith Bleek. After Julia's severe illness in Germany she did not return to South Africa with the Bleeks but remained in Europe to recuperate, returning in 1870. She ultimately settled in the south of England.