Unmasking an Enigma: Who Was Lady Wallace and What Did She Achieve?

Lady Wallace had a remarkable life but she has remained a tantalizingly enigmatic figure, not least because we have nothing written in her own hand. She was born in Paris to unmarried parents, a factotum and a linen maid, in 1819. She lived in England from 1872 until her death in 1897, but had a rep...

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Published in:	19
Main Author:	Suzanne Elizabeth Higgott
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Open Library of Humanities 2021-01-01
Subjects:	bequests philanthropy patronage afterlife art collection John Murray Scott
Online Access:	http://19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/3006/

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