The Origin of the £10 note Species

Dearest Em,

It's Julia Margaret Cameron's 200th birthday today, and we're all about a-marching to celebrate and raise awareness for her billing on the new £20 note.

Whilst we're about it- it occurred to me- and to Julie as Mr Evans thinks so too- that maybe, just maybe, our Julia has previous with folding wedge.

Here's her photo of Darwin, taken most likely when he was staying in Terrace Lane (at what is Mary and Bob's house now)

And here's the £10 note image.

I wonder Em, if this was an engraving after JMC's portrait. As does Julie- who won't let it lie- and has contacted the Bank of England to try to find out more.

Julia's work was certainly copied by etchers previously and used in Cassell's for example where her photograph of Sir John Herschel was printed as an engraving after Julia Margaret Cameron.

Watch this space. We'll be digging.

Your ever-loving Grand-mother,

GiGi xx