Victoria Art Gallery Bath
St Elizabeth of Hungary and St Dorothea by George Frampton 1895 Given by Alice Dorothea Henderson in 1954.
This firescreen was commissioned in 1895 by Alice Radcliffe a wealthy art lover based in London. When she died her collection was inherited by Alice Dorothea Henderson, a bath resident. She left it to the Victoria Art Gallery in 1954., in one of the most important bequests ever made in Bath. Alongside St Dorothea, the patron saint of florists, the screen depicts St Elizabeth of Hungary, George Frampton was a leading figure in the Art and Crafts Movement and a member of the Art Workers Guild.
Victoria Art Gallery Bath
St Elizabeth of Hungary and St Dorothea by George Frampton 1895 Given by Alice Dorothea Henderson in 1954.
This firescreen was commissioned in 1895 by Alice Radcliffe a wealthy art lover based in London. When she died her collection was inherited by Alice Dorothea Henderson, a bath resident. She left it to the Victoria Art Gallery in 1954., in one of the most important bequests ever made in Bath. Alongside St Dorothea, the patron saint of florists, the screen depicts St Elizabeth of Hungary, George Frampton was a leading figure in the Art and Crafts Movement and a member of the Art Workers Guild.