Life
1883-1968 [née Beatrice Moss Elvery]; designer, stain-glass artist,
painter; b. Dublin, ed. Metropolitan School of Art, 1896 under Hughes,
and Slade (London) under Tonks and Steer; Irish-theme works incl. oil-painting of Iosagán (1907); protegée of Sarah Purser, did
work for Túr Gloine; elected RHA 1933; m. Charles Henry Gordon
Campbell, 1912; mother of Patrick Gordon Campbell, 3rd Baron, humourist,
and Michael Mussen Campbell, 4th Baron; Today We Will Only Gossip
(1964) is her account of life in Dublin, London and Paris; forthcoming
RHA exhibition to be organised by Nicola Gordon-Bowe [1995]. BREF
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Princess Grace Irish Library (Monaco)