Acc.no: PEZPH : 1989.62
Full Name: oil painting
Brief Description: This painting depicts the schoolroom in the small village of Paul, just outside Newlyn. It was painted in 1889, shortly before Elizabeth's marriage to Stanhope Forbes. Elizabeth was extremely fond of children and portrayed them in a number of her works. In 1904 she exhibited works at the Leicester Gallery, in an exhibition entitled 'Children and Child Lore'.
Person: Armstrong, Elizabeth Adela, Miss, A.R.W.S.
Date: b1859, d1912
Production Date: 1889
Image Width: 1450mm
Frame Width: 1645mm
Image Height: 1064mm
Image Width: 1450mm
Support: canvas
Support: canvas
Category: Fine Art
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