Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey
(1839-1887), Traveller and writer; wife of 1st Earl Brassey; daughter of John AllnuttSitter in 7 portraits
A hugely popular Victorian author, Annie Brassey travelled with her husband Thomas aboard their luxury yacht. Their journey around the world in 1876-7 resulted in her book, The Voyage in the Sunbeam, our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months (1878) which ran through many editions and was translated into five other languages. When in Britain the Brasseys lived with their children near Hastings, where he was an MP and she did good works. On her travels she collected ethnographic and natural history objects. These were originally shown in a museum at her husband's London house but in 1919 were moved to Hastings Museum. In 1886 she went abroad for her health. She died of malaria and was buried at sea.
Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey; Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey
by Henry James Godbold
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x126800
Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96216
Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96217
Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96218
Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96219
Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96220
Anna (née Allnutt), Lady Brassey
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x126799
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