NH
attended Portsmouth School of Art
while her family was in Portsmouth, Hampshire, awaiting her father
. The programme, she says relied heavily on copying in watercolours.
Hooker, Denise. Nina Hamnett: queen of bohemia. Constable and Company Limited, 1986.
19
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
13-4
Family and Intimate relationships
Nina Hamnett
NH
's father
was court-martialed for either allegedly taking a bribe or the alleged misuse of army funds.
Hooker, Denise. Nina Hamnett: queen of bohemia. Constable and Company Limited, 1986.
20
Family and Intimate relationships
Nina Hamnett
George Edward Hamnett
, NH
's father (born in 1864), began his career as a captain in the British Army Service Corps
. Around 1898 he was promoted to the rank of major.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Hooker, Denise. Nina Hamnett: queen of bohemia. Constable and Company Limited, 1986.
15, 17
Residence
Nina Hamnett
NH
's father
was posted to Belfast, where the family lived near the Ormeau Road.
Hamnett, Nina. Laughing Torso. Ray Long & Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1932.
