This one has an image painted by Victorian artist Mary Ellen Best. This essay tells her story and includes a large gallery of her paintings. (about 3000 words; 34 pictures)
The fact that the Queen herself was interested in drawing and painting watercolours may indeed have made it easier for some Victorian-era women painters to be acknowledged. Mary Ellen Best certainly seems to have been a good one.
The image used in the first puzzle included in your posting really intrigues me. I don't doubt that it depicts a kitchen, yet the look of that kitchen is so surprising. For one thing, the floor pattern is elaborate. For another, the chairs and plates seem extra fancy. Still, there are a variety of functional kitchen items here and there. I'd like to see more evidence of how water was supplied to this Victorian kitchen.
Fanny Shepherd's school seems interesting, as does the lasting influence of Johann Pestalozzi on education. I looked him up, thanks to the link you provided.
Though I'm not the expert on wooden puzzles that you are, Bill, I must say that these Wentworth puzzles seem to have a lot of "positives" going for them. No wonder you particularly enjoy many.
Of the additional paintings included in today's posting, my favourites are "Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists in the Ball-room of the Goldnes Ross Hotel, Frankfurt" and "Market Day, Dusseldorf."
Thanks, Greg. I suspect that the woman shown in the painting is not the cook but the laundry maid, or the maid responsible for mending clothes as hinted at by the scissors hanging from her waist. Perhaps the kitchen in this house was quite large with most of the cooking done at the other end of the room.
Part of the floor appears to be brick. I think the elaborate part is a rug; perhaps another item that was retired to the downstairs part of the house due to a remodeling.
Interesting research and commentary today, Bill!
The fact that the Queen herself was interested in drawing and painting watercolours may indeed have made it easier for some Victorian-era women painters to be acknowledged. Mary Ellen Best certainly seems to have been a good one.
The image used in the first puzzle included in your posting really intrigues me. I don't doubt that it depicts a kitchen, yet the look of that kitchen is so surprising. For one thing, the floor pattern is elaborate. For another, the chairs and plates seem extra fancy. Still, there are a variety of functional kitchen items here and there. I'd like to see more evidence of how water was supplied to this Victorian kitchen.
Fanny Shepherd's school seems interesting, as does the lasting influence of Johann Pestalozzi on education. I looked him up, thanks to the link you provided.
Though I'm not the expert on wooden puzzles that you are, Bill, I must say that these Wentworth puzzles seem to have a lot of "positives" going for them. No wonder you particularly enjoy many.
Of the additional paintings included in today's posting, my favourites are "Exhibition of the Works of Modern Artists in the Ball-room of the Goldnes Ross Hotel, Frankfurt" and "Market Day, Dusseldorf."
Thanks,
Greg
Thanks, Greg. I suspect that the woman shown in the painting is not the cook but the laundry maid, or the maid responsible for mending clothes as hinted at by the scissors hanging from her waist. Perhaps the kitchen in this house was quite large with most of the cooking done at the other end of the room.
Part of the floor appears to be brick. I think the elaborate part is a rug; perhaps another item that was retired to the downstairs part of the house due to a remodeling.