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Annie Carline
Annie Carline née Annie Smith (15 October 1862 – 20 October 1945) was a British artist. Biography Carline was born at Buckhurst Hill in Essex and was adopted at birth by relatives and never knew her biological parents. She was working as a housemaid when she met the artist George Francis Carline who had been commissioned to paint a portrait in the area. In less than a year they were married and living in London were they remained until 1892. Over the following years they lived in Oxford, spent a year in Switzerland, four years in Derbyshire and finally settled in Hampstead in north London in 1916. The couple had had five children of whom three, Richard, Sydney and Hilda, all become artists. The family home, first at Downshire Hill and later on Pond Street was full of art and often visiting artists and writers. These included. among others Henry Lamb, Stanley Spencer, Mark Gertler and John Nash. An annual family painting holiday became a regular feature and it was on one su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckhurst Hill
Buckhurst Hill is an affluent suburban town in the Epping Forest district of Essex, England. It is part of the Greater London Urban Area and adjacent to the northern boundary of the London Borough of Redbridge. The area developed following the opening of a railway line in 1856, originally part of the Eastern Counties Railway and now on the Central line of the London Underground. History The first mention of Buckhurst Hill is in 1135, when reference was made to "''La Bocherste''", becoming in later years ''"Bucket Hill"'', originally meaning a hill covered with beech trees. It lay in Epping Forest and consisted of only a few scattered houses along the ancient road from Woodford to Loughton. Before the building of the railways, Buckhurst Hill was on the stagecoach route between London and Cambridge, Norwich, Bury St Edmunds and Dunmow. Originally it was a part of the parish of Chigwell; there was no road connecting the two communities and in order to get to church, parishioners h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
