Code: 11582
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Henrietta Lister (1895-1959) was a British Racing Car Driver, Ballet Dancer, and renowned artist. Henrietta née Lister was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs Charles Lister. She attended the Slade School of Fine Art at University College London. By 1914, Lister, using the alias of Laretta Listakova (also Henrietta Listakova) in order to appear to be Russian, was part of a dance company touring Serbia and Bulgaria when World War 1 broke out. She then joined Elsie Inglis' Salonika based (now Thessaloniki, Greece) Scottish Women's Hospitals unit, as an ambulance driver. The unit served under the patronage of the French Red Cross. In recognition of her heroic efforts and distinguished service, she was awarded a British War Medal, a Victory Medal, and a Serbian Medal for Zealous Service. Between 1924 and 1928 Lister raced a Bamford-type Aston Martin racing car at the Brooklands racetrack in Surrey. Her record shows she participated in twelve meetings, competing in 22 different races or events. Her mechanic (who sometimes also raced her car) was Jack Waters, who went on to become a major film and television star, under the stage name of Jack Warner. She was joined in marriage to William Burrill-Robinson in 1935 and lived at Elm House, Redmire. Moving away from her more adventurous hobbies after World War II, she turned to composing art using pencil and watercolours, and was exhibiting as part of the Castle Bolton Group along with Fred Lawson, George Graham and George Jackson in Wensleydale. She died at the age of 64.
"The Bolton Arms, Redmire" is a watercolour measuring 11"x 15". It is signed lower right and is mounted giving an overall size of 16"x 20". It is unframed.
