Selina Bracebridge (1800 - 1874) — Auction price
Lot 118 Notes descriptive of a panoramic sketch of Athens, 1839
Selina Bracebridge (1800 - 1874)
Travel, Atlases, Maps, Photographs & Natural History
Selina Bracebridge
1800 - 1874
Selina Bracebridge, née Mills, was a British artist, medical reformer, writer and traveler.
Selina studied art with the painter Samuel Prout and traveled extensively, married Charles Holt Bracebridge, and lived in Athens. During the Crimean War, she and her husband worked in the hospital with Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.
Among Selina Bracebridge's paintings are a famous panorama of Jerusalem taken from the roof of the Governor's Palace, landscapes of Athens and others.
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Travel, Atlases, Maps, Photographs & Natural History
Date: 21.09.2023 10:00 UTC +00:00
Number of lots in the catalog: 265