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
Family and Intimate relationships
Clementina Black
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...