Edward William Godwin
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Edward William Godwin was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic "Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid-Victorian Britain, inspired by The Stones
Northampton Guildhall, built 1861–64, displays Godwin's "Ruskinian Gothic" style
Design, 1872 (V&A Museum no. E.515-1963)
Sideboard of 1867–70 (V&A Museum no. CIRC.38:1 to 5-1953)
Beatrice Whistler
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Beatrice Whistler was born in Chelsea, London on 12 May 1857. She was the eldest daughter of ten children of the sculptor John Birnie Philip and Frances Black. She studied art in her father's studio a
Edward William Godwin
…designing theatrical costumes and scenery. After she returned to the theatre and their connection cooled, Godwin married a young designer in his office, Beatrice/Beatrix Birnie Philip (1857–1896), who bore him a son, Edward. After Godwin's death, she married the painter James Whistler in 1888. Godwin was a frequent contributor to the…
c. 1887
Harmony in Red: Lamplight used Beatrice as the model
Ethel Philip reading a newspaper by Beatrix Whistler