- Frances Bunsen
Frances Bunsen (née Frances Waddington) (1791 - April 1876), or Baroness Bunsen, was a Welsh painter and author, the wife of
Christian Charles Josias Bunsen and the older sister of Lady Llanover.She was born at Dunston Park in
Bedfordshire , one of the five daughters of landowner Benjamin Waddington, and later lived at "Tŷ Uchaf", Llanover, Monmouthshire. Her mother was a great niece ofMary Delany . Frances was a talented water-colour painter. Several of her pictures are owned byNewport City Council . In July 1817 she married Baron Bunsen, who later became German ambassador to Britain. After his death in 1860, she published a memoir of his life.Works
Paintings
*"Swansea" (1808)
*"Hills beyond Crickhowell" (1808)
*"Monmouth" (1810)
*"Basaleg Church" (1813)
*"Tredegar Park" (1813)
*"Abergavenny Church" (1838)
*"Abercarn" (1847)Writings
*"Memoir of Baron Bunsen" (1868)
*"Life and Letters of Frances Baroness Bunsen" (1879)ources & External Links
* [http://www.askcymru.org.uk/askcymru/en/view/1025 Ask Cymru]
* [http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item10/29016 Watercolours by Frances Bunsen held on Gathering the Jewels]
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