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Display: The Betsy Foster Paintings


  • The Museum in the Park Stratford Park, Stratford Road Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, GL5 4AF United Kingdom (map)

Come and see a snapshot of Stroud in the late 19th century, as captured in paint by female artists.

The display features a series of watercolours painted by either 1 or 2 women called Betsy Foster, in the period around 1850 to 1894. Betsy Foster (nee Womack) and her daughter Elizabeth Margaret (Betsy), enjoyed painting places where their family lived and worked around Stroud.

The artworks travelled all the way to Canada when the family emigrated in 1894 and have only recently returned to where they were painted.

In the Collectors Room, free but donations welcome.