The marriage of CB
's mother, then Clara Patten
, to David Black in 1849 was made against her father's wishes. The marriage effectively ended Clara's participation in intellectual and artistic circles, which had included...
Family and Intimate relationships
Constance Garnett
Before her marriage, CG
's mother, Clara (Patten) Black
, daughter of the successful portrait-painter George Patten
, moved in artistic and intellectual circles and was a friend of Jane Welsh Carlyle
and Geraldine Jewsbury
