Nellie Richardson - 1880 Watercolour Hand Painted Christmas Card

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Nellie Richardson - Original 1880 Watercolour. Inscribed Le Havre Xmas 1880. In fine condition.

Size

Size: 15 x 10cm (5.9" x 3.9")

Collection Information

From the Scrapbook of Helen M Fox. Helen, known as Ella, was born about 1865 and had houses in Saltwell (Newcastle upon Tyne) and Pendower Cornwall. Her family was landed gentry. Many of the items in the scrapbook were produced by family members, some of whom were quite talented. But the album was kept going into the early 20th century. It is obvious that Ella was keen on the album, and as their circle of friends was affluent, some of the gifts she was given for her album were purchased from professional artists. It is often difficult to tell if the donor of an item is the artist or if was purchased.

Almost everything in the album is inscribed with the name of the donor of the item and it reads as a list of the area’s gentry circa 1880. I can’t quite put the family tree together, but it seems that she was related to the Spence family, had a cousin named Sarah Lloyd, and the name Helen M Pease keeps cropping up – I don’t think that Ella married a man named Pease, as I suspect the Helen M Pease was actually a generation older than Ella.

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SKU mc214
Artist Nellie Richardson
Date 1880
Dimensions 15 x 10cm
Medium Watercolour
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