Selina Bracebridge (1800 - 1874)
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Selina Bracebridge
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.
Date and place of birt: | 1800, United Kingdom |
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Date and place of death: | 1874, United Kingdom |
Period of activity: | XIX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Doctor, Draftsman, Writer |
Genre: | Landscape painting |
Art style: | Romanticism |