Nelly Erichsen

Nelly Erichsen was an English illustrator and painter. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, she was born into a wealthy professional Danish family. After studies at the Royal Academy of Art in the 1880s, she pursued a successful career as an illustrator and writer, working with a number of publishing firms including J.M. Dent and Macmillan, and jointly publishing travel books with Janet Ross, a prominent member of the AngloTuscan preWar community.

Nelly Erichsen was born onDecember 1862 in Newcastle upon Tyne, the fourth of six children. Her father was Herman Gustav Erichsen, born in Copenhagen in October 1826 who, after a commercial education and travelling in Europe, came to Newcastle as a young man of just 22. Nellys mother Anna was also born in Denmark, a member of the Suhr family, probably around 1825.

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