Isabella Frances Townshend
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Born
1 November 1847
Isabella Frances Vere Townshend
1 November 1847
Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland
Resting placeSt Mary's Perivale
EducationHitchen College (didn't graduate)
Isabella Frances Townshend | |
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_-_Isabella_Frances_Vere_Townshend_(Self_Portrait)_-_185_-_Girton_College.jpg) Isabella Frances Vere Townshend (Self Portrait) | |
| Born | Isabella Frances Vere Townshend 1 November 1847 Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland |
| Died | 20 July 1882 (aged 34) |
| Resting place | St Mary's Perivale |
| Education | Hitchen College (didn't graduate) |
| Relatives | Emily Townshend (sister-in-law) Caroline Townshend (niece) |
Isabella Frances Townshend was an Anglo-Irish artist, and one of the first five students at Hitchen College (present-day Girton College, Cambridge).[1][2]
Isabella Frances Vere Townshend was born on 1 November 1847 in Rosscarbery, County Cork to Rev Chambré[a] Corker Townshend and Eliza Wilmot Townshend (née Oliver).[3][4]
In 1869, Townshend was one of five women to enroll at Hitchen College;[2] she left the college in 1872 without obtaining a qualification.[1][2][3]