Daphne Constance Allen was born on 6th January 1899. The daughter of Hugh Allen a painter and Catherine Selina Allen, the family lived at "The Oaks", Gleneagle Road
An English artist who achieved recognition at an early age as a painter and illustrator. Throughout her career she painted religious subjects and landscapes.
Her father was the painter Hugh Allen who was a close friend of John Ruskin and in fact died after catching a chill on his way home from Ruskin's house, "Brantwood" on Lake Conniston.
Her grandfather was Ruskin's publisher
An English artist who achieved recognition at an early age as a painter and illustrator. Throughout her career she painted religious subjects and landscapes.
Her father was the painter Hugh Allen who was a close friend of John Ruskin and in fact died after catching a chill on his way home from Ruskin's house, "Brantwood" on Lake Conniston.
Her grandfather was Ruskin's publisher
