Intricate Paper Cutwork, either by or in the style of Elizabeth Cobbold c1800, Ipswich England.
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fine work.. A 10" x 7 1/2" sheet with a cutwork depicting a woman riding a horse, all cut from a single sheet of paper. Note how the horses' front left hoof attaching the ground to the horse and rider.
Elizabeth Cobbold(1767-1824) She gave elaborate valentine parties and created a cut-works, some with verses, with a copy to keep for herself.A descendent of Edmund Waller, Elizabeth Knipe lived in Manchester and published two books of poems before her brief marriage to William Clarke of Ipswich (1790). She was a friend of Clara Reeve, author of The Progress of Romance, under whose influence she wrote a novel set in Norman England. In 1792 she married a wealthy brewer, John Cobbold; in addition to his fourteen children by a previous marriage, they had seven more together. In Ipswich she was a leader in literary and charitable organizations. Her son, the Rev. Richard Cobbold (1797-1877), was also a poet.
Elizabeth Cobbold(1767-1824) She gave elaborate valentine parties and created a cut-works, some with verses, with a copy to keep for herself.A descendent of Edmund Waller, Elizabeth Knipe lived in Manchester and published two books of poems before her brief marriage to William Clarke of Ipswich (1790). She was a friend of Clara Reeve, author of The Progress of Romance, under whose influence she wrote a novel set in Norman England. In 1792 she married a wealthy brewer, John Cobbold; in addition to his fourteen children by a previous marriage, they had seven more together. In Ipswich she was a leader in literary and charitable organizations. Her son, the Rev. Richard Cobbold (1797-1877), was also a poet.