Английская Википедия:Emilie Barrington
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Emilie Isabel Barrington (18 October 1841 – 9 March 1933),[1] was a British biographer, artist, and novelist.[2][3][4] She became associated with the Holland Park Circle, was instrumental in establishing Leighton House Museum,[5] and co-founded the Kyrle Society.[2]
Early life
Emilie Isabel Wilson was born on 18 October 1841 in Mayfair, London, the youngest of six daughters born to James and Elizabeth Preston Wilson.[2] James Wilson was a merchant, an active participant in the Anti-Corn Law League, and the founder of The Economist.[2] Emilie spent her early years on the Continent and was educated, like her sisters, by governesses.[2] She attended school in Cologne 1855–56, and in 1858 went to a finishing school in Paris.[2]
In 1859, James Wilson became the financial member of the supreme council of India.[2] He died the following year.[2]
On 1 July 1868, Wilson married Russell Barrington, with whom she had two sons. Their second child, Ivo, died in 1871 aged four months.[2] Around the time of her marriage, Emilie met the artist George Frederic Watts.[2] They became close friends, and she later wrote his biography.[2]
Work
In the 1860s, Wilson met the activist Emily Faithfull, with whom she shared an interest in increasing the employment opportunities available to women.[3][2]
Barrington formed a friendship with one of Frederic Leighton's sisters, and went on to write the first major biography of the artist: Life, Letters, and Works of Frederic Leighton (1906). After Leighton's death in 1896, Barrington was instrumental in establishing Leighton House as a museum.[2] She acted as President of the Leighton House Society.[3]
In 1881, Barrington helped to found the Kyrle Society, which aimed to "bring beauty home to the poor".[2] She painted a portrait of one of its leading figures, Octavia Hill, and became an early council member of the National Trust, of which Hill was a founder.[3]
During the 1890s, Barrington wrote two novels: Lena's Picture (1892) and Helen's Ordeal (1894).[2] A third, A St. Luke of the 19th Century was published on her 82nd birthday in 1923.[3][1] She contributed to The Spectator, The Nineteenth Century, and The Fortnightly Review.[3][2]
Bibliography
In addition to writing articles for the serials Fortnightly Review and The Spectator, Barrington wrote several stand-alone works:
- Reminiscences of G. F. Watts (1905)
- Lena's Picture (1892) (novel)
- Helen's Ordeal (1894) (novel)
- The Reality of the Spiritual Life (1889) (pamphlet)
- Through Greece and Dalmatia (1912) (travel memoir)
- Complete works of Walter Bagehot (editor) (1914)
- The Servant of All (1927)
- The Love Letters of Walter Bagehot and Eliza Wilson (editor) (1933)
- Memories of a long life (autobiography - lost)
External links
- Bust of Emilie Barrington by Mary Thornycroft at Victorian Web
- Works by Emilie Barrington at Art UK
- Photograph of Emilie Barrington by Frederick Hollyer at the Victoria and Albert Museum
References
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