Gerardine Macpherson

Though an artistically successful photographer, Robert was often in poor health. Gerardine supplemented the family finances through creating engraved illustrations, including for Jameson's ''Sacred and Legendary Art'' (1848)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sacred and Legendary Art|first=Anna|last=Jameson|publisher=London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans|year=1848|location=London}}</ref> and Jameson's second edition of ''Legends of the Madonna'' (1857).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Legends of the Madonna|first=Jameson|last=Anna Brownell|publisher=London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, & Roberts|year=1857|location=London}}</ref> She also illustrated her husband's ''Vatican Sculptures'' (1863) and helped with his photography business, particularly in developing prints from the glass negative plates.

Though an artistically successful photographer, Robert was often in poor health. Gerardine supplemented the family finances through creating engraved illustrations, including for Jameson's ''Sacred and Legendary Art'' (1848)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sacred and Legendary Art|first=Anna|last=Jameson|publisher=London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans|year=1848|location=London}}</ref> and Jameson's second edition of ''Legends of the Madonna'' (1857).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Legends of the Madonna|first=Jameson|last=Anna Brownell|publisher=London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, & Roberts|year=1857|location=London}}</ref> She also illustrated her husband's ''Vatican Sculptures'' (1863) and helped with his photography business, particularly in developing prints from the glass negative plates.

Robert died in November 1872, leaving his widow and children nearly destitute. She made ends meet through reporting as a newspaper correspondent during the Roman Summer (when regular correspondents sought to leave the malarial Italian capital city), teaching English, and working as an [[amanuensis]]. She also wrote the first biography of Anna Brownell Jameson, published after Gerardine's death as ''Memoirs of the Life of Anna Jameson'' (1878);<ref>{{Cite book|title=Memoirs of the Life of Anna Jameson|last=Macpherson|first=Gerardine|publisher=Roberts Brothers|location=Boston}}</ref> the Macphersons' friend, the novelist [[Margaret Oliphant]], wrote the preface to this biography. It remained the principal life of Jameson until [[Clara Thomas]]'s 1967 publication of ''Winter Studies and summer Rambles in Canada''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada|last=Jameson|first=Anna|date=2008|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|isbn=978-0771017056|location=Toronto|oclc=175282691}}</ref>

Robert died in November 1872, leaving his widow and children nearly destitute. She made ends meet through reporting as a newspaper correspondent during the Roman Summer (when regular correspondents sought to leave the malarial Italian capital city), teaching English, and working as an [[amanuensis]]. She also wrote the first biography of Anna Brownell Jameson, published after Gerardine's death as ''Memoirs of the Life of Anna Jameson'' (1878);<ref>{{Cite book|title=Memoirs of the Life of Anna Jameson|last=Macpherson|first=Gerardine|publisher=Roberts Brothers|location=Boston}}</ref> the Macphersons' friend, the novelist [[Margaret Oliphant]], wrote the preface to this biography. It remained the principal life of Jameson until [[Clara Thomas (academic)|Clara Thomas]]'s 1967 publication of ''Winter Studies and summer Rambles in Canada''.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada|last=Jameson|first=Anna|date=2008|publisher=McClelland & Stewart|isbn=978-0771017056|location=Toronto|oclc=175282691}}</ref>

== Death ==

== Death ==