Born Whatlington, near Robertsbridge, Sussex as Barbara Leigh Smith. Painter and women’s activist. Married the physician Eugène Bodichon in 1857. She set up the English Women’s Journal and led the feminist ‘Langham Place Group’. Died ‘Scalands Gate’, Robertsbridge, Sussex.
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Madam Bodichon
Unveiled by William Holman Hunt. There must have been a committee to erect th...
Emma Cathleen Douglas is an artist. From The Richardson Collection: Daughter of David Harrington Angus Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, and Ann Jones. With her husband, Damon Lewis Vincent H...
Socialite and wealthy patron of the arts. Born in Chelsea as Maud Julia Augusta Nelke, daughter of Paul Nelke, a German Jew who was the senior partner in Nelke, Phillips & Bendix. Her grandfat...
Pioneer of good design for London Transport. Born Lincolnshire. Click on the picture source web site for more information.
History and portrait painter. Born: Brompton. Died London. Buried Highgate Cemetery (the new, east, section)
Wife of George. Our colleague Andew Behan has kindly researched this couple: Born as Rose Banner on 23 December 1921 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, she married George Edward Wileman in 1940 in Birmi...
A nice art deco entrance. Built by the LCC on the Blackstock estate.
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