As a small child, Julia lived with the Prinsep family at Little Holland House until her father returned from India. Thoby Stephen, aged four or five in this studio portrait, is seated on a balustrade ...

As a child, Julia was introduced to important writers and artists by her aunt and uncle at Little Holland House. They included George Meredith, William Thackeray, Sir Frederick Leighton, G. F. Watts, ...