Miss Cottier: Independent Bookseller By Kathryn Mercer It is late 1888 and Emily Harris is beginning to look for agents who might sell her books of botanical drawings once they are published. In New Plymouth her sisters Kate Moore and Mary Weyergang explore then dismiss the possibility of either their husbands or sons being suitable Read More…
Month: May 2020
Harris & Sons of Plymouth, Devon
By Nigel Overton Harris & Sons of Plymouth, Devon: From House Painters & Glaziers to Decorators, Furnishers, Picture Frame Makers, Gallery Owners and sometime suppliers of Artists’ Materials, Fancy Goods and Stationery. Having by chance recently come across an advertisement for Harris & Sons in a circa 1930 Plymouth guidebook, I was prompted to Read More…
From Happy Valley to Siberia: Miss Kate Marsden
By Michele Leggott It is Wednesday 2 January 1889 and the campers at Happy Valley have just two more nights to enjoy themselves under the stars before heading back to Nelson and the start of another working year. Emily Harris records the moment in her diary: Our concert this evening was better as we had Read More…