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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
In July 1856 [her father] Abraham Pullen (age 22) and [her mother] Sarah Eagle (age 23) were married.
On 20th November 1865 Edith Ellen Pullen was born to [her father] Abraham Pullen (age 31) and [her mother] Sarah Eagle (age 32).
In or before 1879 [her mother] Sarah Eagle (age 45) died. See Leighton Biography.
1888. [her future husband] Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael (age 31). "Imogen". Probably modelled by future wife, Edith Ellen Pullen (age 22).
1889. [her future husband] Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael (age 32). "A Fair Beuaty". Probably a portrait of his wife, or future wife, Edith Ellen Pullen (age 23).
On or after 24th April 1889, the date of the licence, Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael (age 32) and Edith Ellen Pullen (age 23) were married.
Frederick Leighton Biography. 1895. Frederick Leighton (age 64). "Memories". Model Edith Ellen Pullen (age 29).
In 1900 Edith Ellen Pullen (age 34) died.
On 24th November 1935 [her former husband] Herbert Gustav Schmalz aka Carmichael (age 79) died.
Frederick Leighton Biography. Meanwhile four of these beautiful children became useful to him as models. From the second daughter [Edith Ellen Pullen], who afterwards married an artist, Leighton painted "Memories," reproduced here; from the third, [her sister] Hetty, he painted "Simœtha the Sorceress" and "Farewell"; but it was the youngest, [her sister] Lina, quite a small child, who delighted him most, and who had a rare, refined charm which must have captivated any child-lover. She took the place of little Connie Gilchrist of the "Cleobouline," the "Music Lesson," and other of the earlier paintings, in the later pictures. She sat for "Sister's Kiss," "The Light of the Harem," "Letty," the sleeping group in "Cymon and Iphigenia," "Kittens," in the friezes "The Dance" and "Music," and "A little girl with golden hair and pale blue eyes" -
"Yellow and pale as ripened corn
Which Autumn's kiss frees—grain from sheath
Such was her hair, while her eyes beneath,
Showed Spring's faint violets freshly born."
Robert Browning.