Allingham Helen Editor (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 12mo, published in the Golden Treasury Series. Dark blue wit gilt crest to front, gilt to spine, mild wear, small marks, sound binding, very good internal condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. First Folio Society Edition. Includes Index. The Book Is Bound In Green Cloth With Gilt Decoration And Lettering On The Front And Spine. The Slip Case Has A Tiny Scuff On The Side.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Helen Allingham (illustrator). 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in illustrated laminated boards. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The price clipped dust wrapper is in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Helen Mary Elizabeth Paterson was born on 26 September 1848, at Swadlincote in Derbyshire, the daughter of Alexander Henry Paterson, a medical doctor, and Mary Herford Paterson. Helen was the eldest of seven children. Paterson showed a talent for art from an early age, drawing some of her inspiration from her maternal grandmother Sarah Smith Herford and aunt Laura Herford, both accomplished artists of their day. On 22 August 1874 she married William Allingham, Irish poet and editor of Fraser's Magazine, who was almost twice her age. After her marriage, she gave up her career as an illustrator and turned to watercolour painting. In 1881 the family moved from Chelsea to Witley in Surrey. In 1889, her husband died. At age 41 she felt the pressure to support her 3 young children (14, 12, and 7) and stepped up the production of watercolour. These were done with great attention to detail and avoiding any sense of squalor or hardship. They became wildly popular, possibly because of the nostalgic needs of ex pats who went to faraway colonies or of those living in industrialising cities. She went on to paint rural scenes in other parts of the country - Middlesex, Kent, the Isle of Wight and the West Country - and abroad in Venice, Italy. As well as landscapes, she completed several portraits, including one of Thomas Carlyle. In 1890, Allingham became the first woman to be admitted as a full member of the Royal Watercolour Society. Ref L 1.