Edith Plowden
(1854-1947), Woodcarver and teacherSitter in 1 portrait
by Bourne & Shepherd
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x129617
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Geoffrey Plowden
12 November 2020, 23:32
No, Philip's wife Edith (1905-91) is not the woman pictured. She was born Florence Edith Croker Poole, the daughter of Major Walter Croker Poole of Aglish, Co. Waterford, and Florence Clark of Philadelphia. The woman in the picture was Philip's aunt. I know this because Philip and Edith were my parents.
Sophie Plowden
16 December 2019, 09:40
This is Edith Ramsay Chicheley Plowden, born 2nd October 1854. Escaped with life in Meerut 1857 with her brother. Was in Lahore as a young woman looking after her brothers when Kipling went out there, and took him under her wing. Was his lifelong friend and correspondent, but he used to destroy all the letters he got at the end of each day. Her papers are at Sussex University. She became an artist, in woodcarving. She died in 1947.
Jonathan
26 July 2019, 16:26
This may be a photograph of Edith Plowden, the wife of Judge Philip Plowden in Agra, India.
Hugo
17 November 2020, 10:33
No, this isn’t Edith Plowden, wife of Philip Plowden. She was born much later