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Nellie Whichelo
Nellie Whichelo born Mary Eleanor Whichelo (6 July, 1862 – 12 July, 1959) was the British head designer of the Royal School of Art Needlework that was renamed the Royal School of Needlework. She retired after more than sixty years in 1939. Life Whichelo was born in Stockwell, London. Her parents were Louise (born Graham) and Henry Mayle Whichelo. Her father was an artist who taught people to draw and his father (with the same name) had also been an artist left, Embroidery-The-Pomegranate designed by Nellie Whichelo She joined the Royal School of Art Needlework with her sister Georgiana in 1879 when Louisa Anne Wade was the leading figure. She exhibited in the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society's 2nd exhibition at The New Gallery in Regent Street in 1889 and in their third exhibition the following year. In 1900 the Royal School exhibited work at the Exposition Universelle where Sir Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockwell, London
Stockwell is a district in south west London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth, England. It is situated south of Charing Cross. Battersea, Brixton, Clapham, South Lambeth, Oval and Kennington all border Stockwell. History The name Stockwell is likely to have originated from a local well, with "stoc" being Old English for a tree trunk or post. From the thirteenth to the start of the nineteenth century, Stockwell was a rural manor at the edge of London. It included market gardens and John Tradescant's botanical garden – commemorated in Tradescant Road, which was built over it in 1880, and in a memorial outside St Stephen's church. In the nineteenth century it developed as an elegant middle-class suburb. Residents included the artist Arthur Rackham, who was born on South Lambeth Road in 1867, moving with his family to Albert Square when he was 15 years old. Another famed cultural figure who was born in Stockwell in October 1914, was theatre director Joan Littlew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
