Frances Elizabeth Wynne

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Born1836 (1836)
Died13 January 1907 (aged 7071)
RelativesCharlotte Griffith-Wynne (sister)
Charles Wynne (brother)
John Wynne (brother)
Charles Finch (grandfather)
Frances Elizabeth Wynne
Born1836 (1836)
Died13 January 1907 (aged 7071)
FatherCharles Griffith-Wynne
RelativesCharlotte Griffith-Wynne (sister)
Charles Wynne (brother)
John Wynne (brother)
Charles Finch (grandfather)
Known forSketches

Frances Elizabeth Wynne (1836 – 13 January 1907)[1][2] was a prolific amateur artist who sketched many scenes in Britain and Europe. Wynne toured Europe on several occasions between the 1850s and 1900. She was the daughter of Charles Griffith-Wynne MP.[3]

A self-portrait depicting a ferry crossing between Ostend and Dover, 25 August 1858
Geneva, 4 August 1858. Painted by Frances Elizabeth Wynne

Wynne was the youngest child of Charles Griffith-Wynne who owned the Voelas and Cefn Amlwch estates in Denbighshire.[4] The family were descended from a cadet branch of the Earls of Aylesford. Frances' older sister Charlotte married John Robert Godley and is notable for her letter writing and community leadership in the colony of New Zealand. Frances Elizabeth never married and died in 1907.

Sketch books

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