Emma Sandys (born Mary Ann Emma Sands) (1843 – November 1877) was a 19th-century British Pre-Raphaelite

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Biography

Emma Sandys was born in

Norwich Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...

, where her father, Anthony Sands (1806–1883), gave her some early art lessons. In 1853 the family added a ‘y’ to their surname. She was influenced by her brother

Frederick Sandys Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys (born Antonio Frederic Augustus Sands; 1 May 1829 – 25 June 1904), usually known as Frederick Sandys, was a British painter, illustrator, and draughtsman, associated with the Pre-Raphaelites. He was also assoc ...

(1829–1904), one of the

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, and his friend

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti (), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhoo ...

. Her earliest dated painting is marked 1863, and she exhibited her works in both London and Norwich between 1867 and 1874.Yeldham, Charlotte (2004). Pre-Raphaelite women artists (act. 1848-1870s), female contemporaries of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood (PRB). ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. (available online from 2011). Her works were mainly

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in both oil and chalk of children and of young women, often in period or medieval clothing, against backgrounds of brightly coloured flowers. Emma Sandys did most of her work around Norwich but may have spent time in the studio of her brother, Frederick Sandys, in

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. She died in Norwich in November 1877. Her works include: *''Elaine'' (National Trust Collection, Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton.) *''Fiammetta'' *''Lady in Yellow Dress'' (Norwich Castle Museum.) *''Viola'' (

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, Liverpool.) *''La belle jaune giroflée (The Beautiful Wallflower) (KINCM:2005.6134,

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)''

Gallery

File:Viola-Emma-Sandys.jpg, ''Viola'', circa 1865 File:Emma Sandys-Preparing for the Ball 1867.jpg, ''Preparing for the Ball'', 1867 File:Elaine Sandys.jpg, ''Elaine,''

Wightwick Manor The legacy of a family's passion for Victorian art and design, Wightwick Manor (pronounced "Wittick") is a Victorian manor house located on Wightwick Bank, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. Owned by the National Trust since 1937, the Manor ...

File:Sandys A-Medieval-beauty.jpg, ''A Medieval Beauty'', circa 1875 File:Esandys1.jpg, ''Portrait of a Girl'', circa 1865

References

External links

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The mysterious Emma Sandys
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Emma Sandys
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