Six Bodichon watercolours, one pastel sketch
File
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Bodichon 8/10
Scope and Contents
Suggested titles:
1) Open Space within a Wood, 17cm x 35cm;
2) A Pause at Sunset, 21cm x 34cm;
3) Barge on a Calm Sea, 23cm x 49cm;
4) Nature's Garden, 23cm x 49cm;
5) A Monument Amongst Trees (probably Brittany), 48cm x 32cm;
6) View Across a Plain (Algeria?), 18cm x 46cm.
7) View of a Harbour (pastel), 16cm x 23cm.
Creator
- From the Fonds: Bodichon, Barbara Leigh Smith, 1827 - 1891 (nee Smith, artist and women's activist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
From the Fonds:
Access is open to bona fide scholars by appointment only.
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Formerly owned by Medora Elstob (a desdendant of William Leigh-Smith via her father, Lionel), the pictures were bequeathed to Girton in December 2007 by Nancy Bransby (nee Leigh Smith), great niece of Barbara Bodichon.
Date information
DateText: No dates.
Originator(s)
Bodichon, Barbara
Finding aid date
2009-05-19 10:53:05+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
Contact:
The Archivist
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The Archivist
Girton College Archive
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0JG United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 338897
archive@girton.cam.ac.uk