NEVIL STORY MASKELYNE AND HIS WIFE THEREZA

Alexander Munro was a portrait sculptor, working predominately in marble, bronze and aluminium. He came to London in 1844, under the patronage of Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland, who recognised his artistic talent and introduced him to the leading architect, Charles Barry. By 1848 he had acquired sufficient skills to study sculpture in the Royal Academy Schools. Also at this time he met Gabriel Rossetti, who naturally introduced him to friends and other members of the Pre-Raphaelite circle.

Nevil Story Maskelyne (1823-1911) taught mineralogy and chemistry at Oxford from 1851, before becoming a professor of mineralogy, 1856-95. He was Keeper of Minerals at the British Museum from 1857 to 1880. He and his wife Thereza May Llewelyn were both involved in the pioneering of photography and he was close friends of William Henry Fox Talbot.