Adelaide 'Addie' Culver "I could never get Britannia Mews out of my mind I made it subject of my very first drawing. Those were the day when all young ladies were taught some graceful accomplishment, and cousin Alice and I were very well brought up"
Adelaide's family hire the artist Henry Lambert to teach her and her cousin Alice drawing and painting
Adelaide 'Addie' Culver drawing Britannia Mews (the rough street across the road from her house)
Cousin Alice drawing
The artist Henry Lambert critiques Adelaide Culver's drawing of Britannia Mews
"very gratifying Miss Culver for a first lesson. But since there is always room for improvement even in those of us whose whole soul is devoted to art, let us put this aside for future comparison"
The artist Henry Lambert watches cousin Alice drawing
He critiques Alice's work
"A remarkable effort Miss Hambro"
Alice Hambro's drawing
The artist Henry Lambert admires Adelaide Culver's shapely ankle as he leaves her drawing lesson
Below are a selection of works from Adelaide Culver's portfolio
Britannia Mews on IMDB
In Victorian London, a young woman marries a poor drunken artist and struggles to make ends meet. After his death, she takes in a lodger whom she soon falls in love with.
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