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Elizabeth J. "Lil" Tudor-Craig (born 1960), is a British conservationist, environmental artist, and literary illustrator from Suffolk. She is known for her murals and watercolour paintings, specialising in finely detailed impressionist work, presenting a wide-ranging knowledge of wild botanical species and the insects and birds they support through the cycle of life. She has held one-person exhibitions in Aldeburgh (1986), Aldgate, London (1987); Lewes (2001, 2010), and Suffolk (2010). In addition to her fine art and conservation interests, Tudor-Craig served as illustrator of ''The Flora: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose'', along with compiler, Fiona MacMath. == Personal background == Tudor-Craig was born in Suffolk in 1960. She is the only daughter of James Tudor-Craig, son of Sir Algernon Tudor-Craig. Her mother is the mediaeval art historian Lady Pamela Wedgwood, (née Wynne-Reeves). When Tudor-Craig's father died in 1969, the family moved from Suffolk to London, where her mother remained unmarried for the next 13 years. In 1982, she married Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet, of the Wedgwood pottery family, but was again widowed in 1989.〔 Tudor-Craig was raised with an appreciation for fine art and literature. While her father had a distinguished career as a museum curator, her mother was the well-known art historian, Lady Pamela Wedgwood, curator of the Richard III exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in 1973.〔 Counted among Tudor-Craig's childhood friends, were British sculptor and master stonecarver Simon Verity, along with the English architect, landscape architect, and garden designer, Oliver Hill. During her childhood, Tudor-Craig began to develop environmental interests and concern for sustainable, humane and wildlife-friendly farming methods. When she was 11 years old, she joined the Soil Association and the National Society for the Abolition of Factory Farming. In continuing pursuit of her conservation interests, she left school when she was 17 years old and began working on local family farms. In 1979, she earned a National Certificate in Agriculture.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lil Tudor-Craig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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