Frederick Elwell
Frederick Elwell (1870 – 1958, English) Nude seated in a studio, 1935 Leonie's toilet, 1894 The royal academy selection and hanging committee, 1938 in 1938 The first born, 1913 Girl with a cigarette, 1942 Mrs. Arthur Chorley The new frock, 1919 This group of photos came from my local art gallery and are all by the artist Frederick William Elwell. These are Edwardian and Georgian portraits, and I bought them because of my love for old fashioned portraits…Victorian ones are my favourite! I was inspired to buy these last year, a long time before I started my collection! I bought these after doing an activity in my Creative Writing class where we had to write a story using the images on three postcards that we randomly picked up from a pile. I really enjoyed the activity and it really inspired me so I wanted to buy some to repeat the activity. My love for Victorian ghost stories encouraged me to pick these ones up…I ...