Emily Jackson

Born Emily Gatliff in 1861, she later published as E. Nevill Jackson. She is best known for writing The History of Silhouettes (1911), a detailed study of profile portraiture that drew on her own collecting and research.

Her work shows a deep personal interest in old portraits and decorative arts, and she wrote about silhouettes not just as images but as part of everyday social history. In The History of Silhouettes, she explored how these portraits were made, who collected them, and why they mattered before photography became common.

Emily Nevill Jackson died in 1947. Though she is not a widely known literary figure today, her books remain useful to readers interested in art history, antiques, and the culture of Georgian and Victorian portraiture.