User:Devynw/English Female Artists

About the Author:

Ellen was Irish, family of printers, was also artist herself, worked in London, 14 years old writing articles, etc.

Ellen Creathorne Clayton, was a female author who lived from 1834 to 1900. She was born in Dublin, Ireland and comes from a long family of engravers and artists. Ellen was a natural artist herself and had a talent for writing; she was publishing articles at the age of just fourteen. She went on to write seven books and English Female Artists was her most notable novel out of the seven. Ellen Creathorne Clayton also was a prominent worker in London hence her ode to English female artists as well as she lived in London since she was just seven years old. Ellen Creathorne Clayton kept publishing under her maiden name even after her marriage to James Henry Needham. Ellen Creathorne Clayton passed away in London on July 19th, 1900.

Reviews of the book:

Ambitious work, inspiring work, valuable contribution for women, etc.

The untitled review by Pamela Gerrish Nun, describes English Female Artists as, “not the work of an art historian nor of a feminist, and is ultimately an unsatisfying and unsatisfactory work.” This is in reference to the story-like style within English Female Artists and the focus on London society within the novel. The work, English Female Artists was published by the now extinct printing firm of the Tinsley Brothers.