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Lydia Larden

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Lydia Larden (1826 – 1901) was a British artist. Some of her watercolours are in the collection of the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui, New Zealand.

Biography

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Larden was born Mary Lydia Fanny Bucknill in 1826 the daughter of Samuel Bucknill and Mary Birch.[1] She married the Rev George Edge Larden in 1847 and they had four children.[1][2] One of their daughters Frances Mary Larden died in June 1913[3] and their son Henry Neville Larden in February 1920.[4]

Another daughter Lydia Etheldreda (known as Ethel) married William Birch and emigrated to New Zealand. In 1922 she donated a collection of Larden's paintings to the Sarjeant Gallery in Whanganui.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Lydia Larden". Te Whare o Rehua Sarjeant Gallery. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  2. ^ "Marriages". Leicester Journal. 24 December 1975. p. 8 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Deaths". Gloucestershire Echo. 1 July 1913. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Deaths". Gloucestershire Echo. 7 February 1920. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.