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English illustrator and painter. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, into a wealthy professional Danish family. After studies at the Royal Academy of Arts 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. In July 2018 a biography, Nelly Erichsen: a hidden life, by Sarah Harkness was published.
Her sister Alice Erichsen (1855-1944) was a translator of Danish literature into English.
Born: 9 December 1862 in Newcastle
Died: 15 November 1918
RA Schools student from 07 Apr 1880
Gender: Female