BROUGHTON HOUSE GALLERY
Broughton House Gallery was founded in 1987 by educational and art book publisher, writer and poet Rosemary Davidson (13 August 1929-20 November 2012) at 98 King Street, Cambridge and is situated on the ground floor of an 18th-century townhouse with a walled garden. Combining support for local artists with an international perspective, Rosemary introduced contemporary art into many Cambridge homes. At the heart of her programming was Gwen Raverat (26 August 1885–11 February 1957), granddaughter of Charles Darwin and a pioneer of the English wood-engraving revival and in 2000, the family assigned to Rosemary an archive of more than 500 different engravings and, ever the publisher, she produced three handsome volumes that map Raverat's achievement in that medium. Christopher Cornford (9 February 1917-8 April 1993), great-great grandson of Charles Darwin, together with that of his aunt, Gwen Raverat and other members of the Darwin/Raverat family including Sophie Jane Gurney (née Raverat, formerly Pryor; 20 December 1919–10 June 2011), Lucy Raverat (nee Pryor 1948-), Amy Eleanor (known as Nelly) Trevelyan (nee Pryor) and Emily Pryor (27 January 1942-10 April 2008), her three granddaughters, have also exhibited their work at the Broughton House Gallery. In 2008 the gallery was renamed the Gwen Raverat Gallery at Broughton House. Suffolk artists who exhibited at the Broughton House Gallery include Gillian Crossley-Holland, Jenny Goater, and Diane Griffiths.
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Rosemary Davidson |