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hugohs · 11-07-2010, 14:21

Hello everyone. I've just joined the forum while doing some research on some paintings I've been given my by grandmother. When she was born her father worked for the Peels of Knowlmere and Heaning. She, in fact, was born at Heaning. Some time after my great-grandfather ceased working for the Peels, and as my grandmother was preparing to go off to art school, someone gave to him a collection of watercolours which had been done by a "Miss A. Peel". She never signed her full name on them, although they are nearly all signed and dated. They were done between 1862 and 1897 or so. A great many of them seem to have been sent of to a tutor and his comments are written on the back. There are about 120 of these paintings in total. I'd love to be able to find out more about the artist. I've found that Jonathan Peel was living at Knowlmere with his three daughters; Edith, Mary Ann, and Julia Maude, but have not been able to find out who this "Miss A. Peel" was.

Thanks in advance,

Hugo Heriz-Smith

11-07-2010, 14:21	#1
hugohs Junior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Camden, Maine, USA Posts: 8 Liked: 0 times Rep Power: 0	Paintings by a "Miss A. Peel" Hello everyone. I've just joined the forum while doing some research on some paintings I've been given my by grandmother. When she was born her father worked for the Peels of Knowlmere and Heaning. She, in fact, was born at Heaning. Some time after my great-grandfather ceased working for the Peels, and as my grandmother was preparing to go off to art school, someone gave to him a collection of watercolours which had been done by a "Miss A. Peel". She never signed her full name on them, although they are nearly all signed and dated. They were done between 1862 and 1897 or so. A great many of them seem to have been sent of to a tutor and his comments are written on the back. There are about 120 of these paintings in total. I'd love to be able to find out more about the artist. I've found that Jonathan Peel was living at Knowlmere with his three daughters; Edith, Mary Ann, and Julia Maude, but have not been able to find out who this "Miss A. Peel" was. Thanks in advance, Hugo Heriz-Smith