Elinor was born in Sudbury, Suffolk, as the sole offspring of the chemist Henry G Adams and Clara E Adams. She pursued her education at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1891, she resided in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, but her family later moved to Bedford, Bedfordshire, where they lived by 1901. In the publication "The Year's Art" from 1917, she provided a sending-in address in Coulsdon, Surrey, and mentioned her exhibition at the Walker in Liverpool. During the reopening of the Newlyn Art Gallery after WWI, this artist showcased an unnamed painting (1921, summer exhibition). In her later years, she resided in Sevenoaks, Kent. There are no evident connections with Cornwall as known.
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