Sarah Smith Herford

Sarah Smith Herford
Born 1818
Died c.1870
Nationality United Kingdom

Sarah Smith Herford or Mrs. John Herford (born 1818) was an British landscape painter and educator.

Landscape at Kenilworth

She married John Herford and founded the Unitarian Boarding School for Girls in Altrincham, Cheshire. Among her children were sons Brooke, Edward, and William Henry Herford, and daughters Mary Chance and Laura Herford. Mary Chance became the mother of the painter Helen Allingham. Sarah Smith's work Landscape at Kenilworth was included in the book Women Painters of the World.[1]

References

  1. Women Painters of the World on Project Gutenberg
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