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Susan Ashworth
Susan Ashworth was a 19th-century British artist and educator, active between 1860 and 1880, who divided her career between London and Edinburgh. Sources vary as to Ashworth's place of birth but agree that after spending time in Edinburgh she lived in London for a time before retiring to Edinburgh. Biography Ashworth was baptised in 1829 in Salford, Lancashire, the daughter of Thomas Alfred Ashworth, a clerk in holy orders, and his wife Harriet, née Halstead. By the time Susan was eleven, her mother had moved, with Susan and her younger brothers Whitfield, Alfred, Horatio and Howard, to London, possibly as a result of Thomas Ashworth's embrace of the Irvingite doctrine. By the age of twenty-one Susan had been enrolled in classes for women at the Government School of Design in London for some years and had won prizes within the school's examinations, and exhibited designs for fabrics at the 1851 International Exhibition. She was among the first female students to be awarded a sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trustees' Academy
Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, history of art, and music disciplines for over three thousand students and is at the forefront of research and research-led teaching in the creative arts, humanities, and creative technologies. ECA comprises five subject areas: School of Art, Reid School of Music, School of Design, School of History of Art, and Edinburgh School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (ESALA). ECA is mainly located in the Old Town of Edinburgh, overlooking the Grassmarket; the Lauriston Place campus is located in the University of Edinburgh's Central Area Campus, not far from George Square. The college was founded in 1760, and gained its present name and site in 1907. Formerly associated with Heriot-Watt University, its degrees have been issued by the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
