Margaret Sarah Carpenter - Early Life

Early Life

Margaret Sarah Carpenter was born in Salisbury in 1793, the daughter of Captain Alexander Geddes, who was of an Edinburgh family, and Harriet Easton. She was taught art by a local drawing-master. Her first art studies were made from the pictures at Longford Castle, belonging to Lord Radnor.

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