This is from the Sheffield Weekly Gazette dated 1st February 2007. Many years ago I was going to post an article on Lizzie to the site but as you can see in the text, a book has already been written about her and there is plentiful information now online.
But what I did not know was that lizzie was related to William Ibbitt, 1805-1869
"A designer and chaser by trade, but now known for his large coloured prints of the town and
districts of Sheffield which are striking and on the whole accurate."
A couple of his paintings are featured below and often feature in Sheffield history books.
Wardsend Bridge 1855
View from Crookesmoor
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