Lady Julia Isabella Gordon was probably taught by her mother, Julia Bennet, Lady Willoughby Gordon, and may also have been influenced by other members of her family with artistic interests, such as Lady Elizabeth Susan Percy. Julia Gordon sometimes made prints in collaboration with her brother Henry, including the etching Calais (1836. Tate).
A volume of Gordon's etchings was published in London in 1848 containing small, delicately drawn scenes in Britain, France, Germany and Italy. The first twenty-four prints are ail views of the Rhine, which she visited a number of times. There are also imaginary compositions of figure in landscapes, as well as views of one of the Gordon family's homes. The Orchard, on the Isle of Wight. Gordon also drew and painted in watercolor. Her work was often romantic, with castles and effects of moonlight, and had titles such as Lord Byron s Dream and Undine.
An exhibition of Gordon's work was held at the Brook Street Gallery, London in 1939, and her art was also shown with that of her mother and brother at Southampton University in 1974. |
