MARIA EMELINE DARWELL (B 1831) AN ALBUM OF WATERCOLOURS including views taken at St Albans

MARIA EMELINE DARWELL (B 1831) AN ALBUM OF WATERCOLOURS including views taken at St Albans, Bromley, Saundersfoot, Wrotham and [Monken] Hadley, 101, several inscribed and dated 1856 or 1861, mostly 9 x 17cm and a further twenty watercolours by a near contemporary hand, many on blue paper and almost all Peak District landscapes, including Buxton, The Old Macclesfield Road, Totley Pike, Corbar Wood, Cow Dale, Chee Dale and the Valley of the Goyte, none laid down, signed on the first leaf, printed label of R Ackermann, 191 Regent St, half maroon moroccoMaria Darwell was born in Aston, Warwickshire, the eldest child of the Revd Frederick William Darwell, MA, (1806-1855) Curate of St James the Apostle, Dover, and his wife Jane Darwell, nee Pountney (1810-1872)