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Artist:
Pressed by Sartoris, Adelaide (ne+ Kemble), (opera singer, writer and society hostess, 1814-1879)
Title:
Pressed Flower
Date:
c.1854-59
Media:
Pressed flower on white paper
Dimensions:
23.9 x 19.0 cm
Location:
Leighton House Museum
Picture credit:
Leighton House Museum, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Reference number:
LHO/D/1139 p.128
Inscriptions:
None
Pressing flowers was a popular hobby for Victorian women and this flower was almost certainly pressed by Adelaide Sartoris, who owned this album. It may be a reminder of a trip made with Leighton.
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Album of Drawings, Formerly Belonging to Adelaide Sartoris
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