Elspeth Moncrieff

Background

Elspeth Moncrieff was born on May 28, 1959, in London, United Kingdom. She is a daughter of Alastair Moncrieff, a teacher, and Susan Mansell-Smythe Moncrieff.

Education

Elspeth Moncrieff received a Master of Arts degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1981. Two years later, she obtained a diploma from the University of Newcastle.

Career

Elspeth Moncrieff served as a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from 1984 to 1987. Then, she spent three years in Antique Collecting Magazine as a deputy editor. In 1990, Moncrieff occupied the same post in Apollo magazine where she spent a couple of years.

Since 1996, Elspeth Moncrieff has served as a correspondent in London’s division of the Art Newspaper.

Works

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• book

  • Farm Animal Portraits

    (The first comprehensive study of an exceptional period in...)

    1996

Connections

Elspeth Moncrieff married Charles Bray in 1992. The family produced three children, Alastair, Oliver, and Flora.

Father:

Alastair Moncrieff

Mother:

Susan Mansell-Smythe Moncrieff

husband:

Charles Bray

Son:

Alastair Bray

Son:

Oliver Bray

Daughter:

Flora Bray