Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881, lecturing with John Gibson Lockhart, 1794 - 1854, in the audience
About this artwork
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artist:Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn) (1823 - 1909) Scottish
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title:Thomas Carlyle, 1795 - 1881, lecturing with John Gibson Lockhart, 1794 - 1854, in the audience
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date created:About 1840
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materials:Watercolour and wash over pen and ink on paper
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measurements:9.80 x 10.40 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1997
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accession number:PG 3029
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Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Jemima Blackburn (née Wedderburn)
Jemima Wedderburn was born in Edinburgh. Although she received no formal training in art, she was a watercolourist of outstanding ability. She had connections with many of the Victorian artistic and intellectual élite and formed life-long friendships with Landseer, Millais and Ruskin, who described...
