Evelyn Leslie Redgrave 1849-1932 was an artist and the younger daughter of Richard Redgrave, RA. You can get her family tree by googling her full name. She apparently died unmarried so she doesn't appear to be your E L S Bensted, but some of her works are listed on Google. ----- Original Message ----- From: Luned James <lunedjames@yahoo.com> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:06 am Subject: [KENT-ENG] Bensted, Street Farm, Ulcombe > Hi Fellow Listers, I am new to the Kent list but an old resident of > St Mary in the Marsh, Kingsnorth, Warehorne & Ashford, now living > in Tasmania. Yes, I get about. > I am interested in finding out more about an E. L.S.Bensted, who > later married, I believe, a Redgrave. > I have a small watercolour of Street Farm, Ulcombe, dated 1914 with > the initials E.L.S.B. and a later watercolour of the older building > (I believe 17th century) dated 1921 with the signature > E.L.Redgrave. On the back is the name M.Bensted. Also a photo of > the same building circa 1900. > I've done a little research and found a reference, by a Friend > Chapman born 1849 who wrote down his/her memories of the village > and its people in 1930, to a James Bensted and his son G. Bensted > and Street Farm. > I'd be very interested if anyone can shed any light on E. L > Bensted/Redgrave and her art. I believe she may have been a minor > watercolourist.kind regards > Luned in Tasmania > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Thank you Beverley, it looks like I may have been adding 2 x 2 = 5 and all on the basis of a set of initials. the painting may have been a commission or something for a friend. I will keep looking for the Bensted family of 1910-1921 at Street Farm, Ulcombe, Kent. ________________________________ From: Beverley Brookes <bevb@ncf.ca> To: Luned James <lunedjames@yahoo.com> Cc: KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, June 16, 2010 10:24:40 PM Subject: Re: [KENT-ENG] Bensted, Street Farm, Ulcombe Evelyn Leslie Redgrave 1849-1932 was an artist and the younger daughter of Richard Redgrave, RA. You can get her family tree by googling her full name.  She apparently died unmarried so she doesn't appear to be your E L S Bensted, but some of her works are listed on Google.  ----- Original Message ----- From: Luned James <lunedjames@yahoo.com> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:06 am Subject: [KENT-ENG] Bensted, Street Farm, Ulcombe > Hi Fellow Listers, I am new to the Kent list but an old resident of > St Mary in the Marsh, Kingsnorth, Warehorne & Ashford, now living > in Tasmania. Yes, I get about. > I am interested in finding out more about an E. L.S.Bensted, who > later married, I believe, a Redgrave. > I have a small watercolour of Street Farm, Ulcombe, dated 1914 with > the initials E.L.S.B. and a later watercolour of the older building > (I believe 17th century) dated 1921 with the signature > E.L.Redgrave. On the back is the name M.Bensted. Also a photo of > the same building circa 1900. > I've done a little research and found a reference, by a Friend > Chapman born 1849 who wrote down his/her memories of the village > and its people in 1930, to a James Bensted and his son G. Bensted > and Street Farm. > I'd be very interested if anyone can shed any light on E. L > Bensted/Redgrave and her art. I believe she may have been a minor > watercolourist.kind regards > Luned in Tasmania > > >      > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >