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Blow, Isabella (1958–2007)  

Maker: Mario Testino

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07 March 2013
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06 January 2011
Isabella Blow (1958–2007) by Mario Testino, 1998 Mario Testino / Art Partner; hat by Philip Treacy

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Blow, Isabella [née Isabella Delves Broughton] (1958–2007), fashion journalist and stylist  

Edwina Ehrman

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07 March 2013
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06 January 2011

Blow, Isabella [née Isabella Delves Broughton] (1958–2007), fashion journalist and stylist, was born on 19 November 1958 at the London Clinic, 20 Devonshire Place, Westminster, the eldest child in the family of three daughters and a son of Major Sir Evelyn Delves Broughton, ...

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Dayus [née Greenhill; other married name Flood], Kate [pseud. Kathleen Dayus] (1903–2003), jewellery enameller and autobiographer  

Carl Chinn

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03 October 2013

Dayus [née Greenhill; other married name Flood], Kate [pseud. Kathleen Dayus] (1903–2003), jewellery enameller and autobiographer, was born on the edge of Birmingham's jewellery quarter, at 20 Court 4 House, Camden Street, Hockley, on 1 February 1903, the fifth child of seven who survived infancy, to ...

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Garland, Madge (1898–1990)  

Maker: Sir Cecil Beaton

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Madge Garland (1898–1990) by Sir Cecil Beaton, 1927 © Cecil Beaton Archive, Sotheby's; collection National Portrait Gallery, London

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Garland [née McHarg], Madge (1898–1990), fashion journalist and teacher  

Rebecca Arnold

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Garland [née McHarg], Madge (1898–1990), fashion journalist and teacher, was born on 12 June 1898 in Melbourne, Australia, third child of Andrew McHarg, international shipper, and his wife, Henrietta Maria Aitkin. Brought up in St John's Wood in London, she was sent to the ...

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Goddard [née Egan], Mary (bap. 1717, d. 1752), poet and milliner  

A. C. Elias Jr.

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Goddard [née Egan], Mary (bap. 1717, d. 1752), poet and milliner, was baptized on 12 July 1717 at St Nicholas Within, Dublin, the daughter of Mary, whose maiden name was probably Colwell, and Terence Egan, variously styled 'Mr.' or '...

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Johnston, Ellen (c. 1835–1874?), power-loom weaver and poet  

Christopher A. Whatley

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Johnston, Ellen (c. 1835–1874?), power-loom weaver and poet, was born at the Muir Wynd, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, the only daughter of James Johnston, stonemason from Lochee, a linen-weaving and quarrying village on the outskirts of Dundee, and Mary Bilsland, second daughter of James Bilsland...

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Jones, Owen (1809–1874)  

Maker: Henry Wyndham Phillips

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Owen Jones (1809–1874) by Henry Wyndham Phillips, 1856 RIBA Library Photographs Collection

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Jones, Owen (1809–1874), architect, printer, and designer  

Lesley Hoskins

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Jones, Owen (1809–1874), architect, printer, and designer, was born on 15 February 1809 at 148 Thames Street, London, the second of the three children of Owen Jones (1741–1814) and his wife, Hannah Jane (1772/3–1838). His father was a furrier and a distinguished Welsh antiquary. ...

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Law, Samuel (fl. 1772–1783), poet and weaver  

Bridget Keegan

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Law, Samuel (fl. 1772–1783), poet and weaver, is of unknown origins. The title-page to his single publication, A domestic winter-piece: a poem, exhibiting a full view of the author's dwelling place in the winter-season. In two parts. Interspersed with a great variety of entertaining reflections...

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Morris, William (1834–1896), designer, author, and visionary socialist  

Fiona MacCarthy

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Morris, William (1834–1896), designer, author, and visionary socialist, was born at Elm House, Walthamstow, on 24 March 1834, eldest surviving son and fourth of the ten children of William Morris (1797–1847), financier in the City of London, and his wife, Emma (1805–1894), daughter of ...

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Morris, William (1834–1896)  

Maker: George Frederic Watts

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
William Morris (1834–1896) by George Frederic Watts, 1870 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Thom, William (1798?–1848), poet and weaver  

Stephen Roberts

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Thom, William (1798?–1848), poet and weaver, was born in Aberdeen, probably on 12 March 1798. He hardly knew his father, who may have been a merchant or an architect. Run over by a nobleman's carriage at an early age, Thom was lamed for life; his widowed mother was offered compensation of ...

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Cover Thomason, Sir Edward (bap. 1769, d. 1849)

Thomason, Sir Edward (bap. 1769, d. 1849)  

Maker: William Brockedon

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23 September 2004
Sir Edward Thomason (bap. 1769, d. 1849) by William Brockedon, 1834 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Thomason, Sir Edward (bap. 1769, d. 1849), manufacturer of buttons and jewellery and publisher of medals  

Philip Attwood

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Thomason, Sir Edward (bap. 1769, d. 1849), manufacturer of buttons and jewellery and publisher of medals, was baptized in Birmingham on 14 November 1769, the son of Edward Thomason, a buckle manufacturer, and his wife, Catherine. He served as an apprentice in Matthew Boulton's...

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Thorneycroft, Contessa Carla Maria Concetta Francesca [née Carla Maria Concetta Francesca Malagola Cappi], Lady Thorneycroft (1914–2007)  

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23 September 2004

See Thorneycroft, (George Edward) Peter, Baron Thorneycroft

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Wright, John (1805–c. 1846), weaver and poet  

David Hill Radcliffe

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Wright, John (1805–c. 1846), weaver and poet, was born on 1 September 1805 in the parish of Sorn, Ayrshire, the son of James Wright of Galston, coal-driver, and Grizzle Taylor (d. 1842). John, the fourth of seven children, grew up in ...