Edith Watson

Photographer, Deceased Person

1861 – 1943

 Credit ยป
8

Who was Edith Watson?

Edith S. Watson was an important photographer in Canada. She studied watercolours with her sister, Amelia Watson, and in the 1890s studied photography with her uncle, the botanist Sereno Watson. She came to Canada in 1896 and spent the next 35 years photographing rural people, often women, working across the country. In 1922, she and her partner Victoria Hayward published Romantic Canada, an illustrated travelogue of their journeys across Canada.

We need you!

Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!

Born
1861
Profession
Died
1943

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

Citation

Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Edith Watson." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/biography/edith-watson/m/0hzns9v>.

Discuss this Edith Watson biography with the community:

0 Comments

    Browse Biographies.net