Parthenope Nightingale and Ferns
The blog written by Leslie, a fellow volunteer, which drew attention to the links between Elizabeth Gaskell and Florence Nightingale reminded me that it was one of the letters to Parthenope Nightingale that gave the garden planners added reason for planting a
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Florence Nightingale and Elizabeth Gaskell
In the drawing room of the House , underneath the copies of Richmond's drawings of Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Bronte, we have a print of a popular engraving of Florence Nightingale with her friend Charles Bracebridge - both of them on horseback
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Annie Swynnerton and William Gaskell…
The portrait of William Gaskell , which usually hangs in his study at the House, is currently on display at Manchester City Art Gallery as part of a major exhibition of the works of Annie Swynnerton, an important feminist artist with many
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Meeting Sir Joseph Paxton
The roses are looking good at present and there is one in particular I'd like to tell you about. But first some photos Louise Odier (Bourbon rose, 1851). Souvenir du Dr Jarmain (1865). Single paeony. Scotch briar and osmunda regalis-Royal fern. A
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Victorian Christmas Decorations
Before Queen Victoria‘s reign started in 1837 nobody in Britain had heard of Santa Claus, no Christmas cards were sent and most people did not have holidays from work. The wealth and technologies generated by the Industrial Revolution of the Victorian era
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