At home in the Office

January 25, 2015January 26, 2015 lucindamatthewsjones1 Comment

I recently stumbled on this photograph of Henrietta Barnett in her Hampstead Heath office. I love it. Having previously thought about her husband, Samuel’s study, it is wonderful to challenge the idea that such spaces were the prerogative of men. This photograph somewhat jars with the more feminine image conveyed by Samuel Barnett’s account of… Continue reading At home in the Office

Parlour Maid meets Henrietta Barnett

August 27, 2013August 27, 2013 lucindamatthewsjonesLeave a comment

Over the years I have collected all sorts of documents about the Rev. Samuel Barnett and his wife Henrietta. Last week my colleague Helen Rogers sent a copy of ‘Reminiscences of my Aunt Bess’ by George Pelling, from the Burnett Archive, with the heading ‘you are going to be so excited…!’ I certainly was! Helen… Continue reading Parlour Maid meets Henrietta Barnett

Lucinda Matthews-Jones

Historian, Victorianist & Lecturer

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At home in the Office

Parlour Maid meets Henrietta Barnett