Ellen Sharples
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Ellen Wallace Sharples was an English painter specialized in portraits in pastel and in watercolor miniatures on ivory. She exhibited five miniatures at the Royal Academy in 1807, and founded the Bristol Fine Arts Academy in 1844 with a substantial gift.
Portrait of Sharples, painted by her daughter, Rolinda, c. 1814.
Dorothea Hart, attributed to James Sharples, possibly Ellen Sharples, 1809, British
George Washington, 1796–1797, Ellen Sharples
An 1816 chalk drawing of Charles Darwin at age six with his sister Catherine, by Ellen Sharples
Clifton, Bristol
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Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton Down.
Princess Victoria Street lies at the heart of Clifton Village
Clifton as viewed from the Church, c.1840
Clifton High school, in Clifton
Houses in Cliftonwood and Hotwells, with Brandon Hill and Cabot Tower visible in the background.