A charming copy of Ruskin’s essays, affectionately inscribed to Nesta Inglis, the pioneering headmistress of the independent girls’ school Tudor Hall, Banbury; seemingly donated to the school library when she was still a pupil (1912).
Ernestine “Nesta” Inglis (1895–1990) was an educator and headmistress, “who played a pivotal role in the history of Tudor Hall: attending as a pupil, rescuing the School from closure as Headmistress and overseeing the eventual purchase of Wykham Park in 1944. Her vision secured the future of the School”.
According to a former pupil, “Nesta’s influence at Tudor was to make it a more progressive school, following The Dalton Plan – an educational model that aimed to tailor each student’s study to their interests and abilities and to promote independent learning.” More recently her talent as a �musician was recalled on Desert Island Discs by another former pupil, the barrister Nemone Lethbridge.