I MISS LORINA BULWER

A hand-stitched letter of note

Image: Norfolk Museums Service

Born in Suffolk in 1838, British needleworker Lorina Bulwer was one of five children to Ann and William Bulwer and the only sibling to stay at the family home for the remainder of their parents’ lives. Her father died in 1871; her mother in 1893. Little is known about the intervening years or reasons for her admission, but …