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Anne-Margaretta Burr
Anne-Margaretta Burr (née Scobell, also known as Margaretta Higford Burr; 30 April 1817 – 22 January 1892) was an English watercolour painter. Biography Burr was born at Poltair House in Poltair, Cornwall. She was the only daughter of Royal Navy Captain Edward Scobell. Scobell also owned a property in London's Dorset Square.Rivington, ''The Annual Register, or, a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1839'', volume 81, (London: J. G. and F. Rivington, 1840)p. 300/ref> Burr travelled widely for inspiration, and published ''Sketches in Spain, The Holy Land, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece'' in 1841. Burr later became a travelling companion of Austen Layard, and painted many watercolours on travels through Egypt and Turkey. Dante Gabriel Rossetti wrote descriptions of her tracings of threatened Italian mosaics in the mid-19th century. On 18 September 1839, the then Anne-Margaretta Scobell married Daniel Higford Davall Burr at St Marylebone Parish Church. Ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gateway Of A Bazaar, Grand Cairo (1846)
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