Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Phoebe Traquair
Standard Name: Traquair, Phoebe
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January 1885: Scientist and urban planner Sir Patrick Geddes...
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January 1885
Scientist and urban planner Sir Patrick Geddes
founded the Edinburgh Social Union
to undertake the cultural renewal and regeneration of Old Edinburgh using art, beauty and education.
Urquhart, Graham. “Patrick Geddes and the Edinburgh Social Union”. Patrick Geddes.
1897: Artisan Phoebe Traquair completed her lavishly...
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1897
Artisan Phoebe Traquair
completed her lavishly illustrated manuscript of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
's Sonnets from the Portuguese.
The National Library of Scotland, where the manuscript is housed, notes that the transcriptions are from Traquair's...
1901: Phoebe Traquair, leading artist of the arts...
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1901
Phoebe Traquair
, leading artist of the arts and crafts movement in Edinburgh, completed her mural decoration of the interior of the Mansfield Place Church
.
