Felicia Browne

1904–1936

*Sketchbook 1* [c.12 March–11 April 1925]
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Felicia Mary Browne (18 February 1904 – 25 August 1936) was an English artist and communist. She was the only British woman combatant and first British volunteer to die in the Spanish Civil War. Her body was not recovered.

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Felicia Browne
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Incomplete illustrated letter from Felicia Browne to Elizabeth Watson

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Incomplete illustrated letter from Felicia Browne to Elizabeth Watson

Black and white photograph of four people standing next to a medical supplies van or ambulance

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