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Did you know... that Mary Ellen Best(self-portrait pictured) painted scenes of domestic Victorian life, contrary to the common paintings of her day?
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An Interior, a drawing by Mary Ellen Best (c. 1838). Best (1809–1891) was a British artist, active mostly in the 1830s, who worked predominantly with watercolours. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she was interested in portraying domestic life in her works, including families at tables, kitchens, and domestic workers. Among her estimated 1,500 paintings are a number of interior portraits such as this; she is known to have painted, among other subjects, images of the drawing room, dining room, and common room of her home in Castle Gate, York.Drawing: Mary Ellen Best
The York street where Best lived is usually given as "Castlegate". The article gives it as "Castle Gate", so perhaps it was like this in the 1830s. But I can't find support for that in any of the sources given in the article. The Castle Gate itself is something else e.g. by Francis Frith in 1885: [1]. Maybe it doesn't matter. Martinevans123 (talk) 07:44, 27 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@Martinevans123: Hmm. Unfortunately I don't have the original source to hand to check, so I'm not sure what to say. Sam Walton (talk) 13:45, 27 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Oh well, it's only a very minor query. I guess a street-plan of York in the 1830s might answer the question. Martinevans123 (talk) 14:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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