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Elizabeth Hutchins Callcott 1801. |
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ELIZABETH HUTCHINS CALLCOTT (1793-1875) married William Horsley (1810) an eminent musician one of the founders of the Philharmonic Society of London, which became the Royal Philharmonic Society. His son Charles Edward also enjoyed a certain reputation as a musician. Another son John Callcott was a painter, who is reputed to have designed the first Christmas card in 1843. Horsley's eldest daughter Mary Elizabeth (born 1813) married the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (voted the second greatest Britain to Churchill) .
37 x25.5 cm original fruitwood frame.
condition old darns and some holes slight stretcher stain. |
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