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Amy Maud Tindal Atkinson was born in Shorthand, Kent on 26 November 1875, to Henry Tindal Atkinson, a county judge and his wife Marion Lewis. She had no children and it is unknown if she at any time was married and her date of death is as well unknown. She had three sisters Ethel, Enid and Doris, and one brother Edward, later Sir Edward, Hale Tindal Atkinson, who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions form 1930 to 1944.

She exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy from 1906 to 1937. She exhibited 15 works, but these are not reproduced in the catalogues4 . John Byam Liston Shaw, known as Byam Shaw, was co-principal of the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art in London in which Ethel Tindal Atkinson, Maud’s sister, worked as the secretary. The School was founded in 1910. Byam Shaw employed a Pre-Raphaelite style in some of his paintings. Maud was the model in 1907 for “The Bird in a Cage”.

In 1915 Maud painted 'Ariel'. This picture represents a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest. It was at one time with the Maas Gallery in London and is now in the collection of Sam Elliot. The work has been reproduced commercially in several recent book jackets including “The Fairyland Companion” and “The Fairy Garden” by Beatrice Phillpotts.

She was a member of The Royal Society of Miniaturists in London and illustrated some children's books, including E. H. Paine, 'The Land of Nice New Clothes. Pictured by Maud Tindal Atkinson', London: Blackie and Son, 1921; Catherine Henrietta Milnes Gaskell,'Lady Ann's Fairy Tales ... With twelve illustrations ... by Maud Tindal Atkinson', London: printed for the author, 1914; S. J. Looker, ed., 'My Favourite Nursery Rhymes' Illustrations ... by Maud Tindal Atkinson', London: Daniel O'Connor, 1922; May H Brahe and Madge Dickson'Spindrift : five songs', with illustrations by Maud Tindal Atkinson, London; New York: Enoch & Sons, 1921.

Maud Tindal Atkinson's work includes the following:
- Pansy with the fairies
- Portrait of Tommy 1916
- Portrait of George 1916
- The red shoes
- A group of Landscape and figure subjects
- The balcony
- Rose still life
- Sir galagah
- The pity of the woods
- The flower girl
- Building Sandcastles

Bibliography

Maud Tindal Atkinson Genealogy. http://www.tolliss.com/gedview/individual.php?pid=I7528&ged=Tolliss.ged. http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=3042 Royal Academy of Arts, General Archive. London .UK Maas Gallery. London .UK http://www.massgallery.org/

File:Atkinson Sir Galahad.jpg

"Sir Galahad"

File:Rose still life.jpg

"Rose Still Life"

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"Ariel" (1915)

File:Portrait Tommy.jpg

"Tommy" (1916)

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-'''Amy Maud Tindal Atkinson''' was born in [[Shorthand]], Kent on 26 November 1875, to Henry Tidal Atkinson, a county judge and his wife Marion Lewis. She had no children and it is unknown if she at any time was married and her date of death is as well unknown. She had three sisters Ethel, Enid and Doris, and one brother [[Edward Atkinson|Sir Edward Hale Tindal Atkinson]], whom served as the Director of Public Prosecutions form 1930 to 1944.
+'''Amy Maud Tindal Atkinson''' was born in [[Shorthand]], Kent on 26 November 1875, to Henry Tindal Atkinson, a county judge and his wife Marion Lewis. She had no children and it is unknown if she at any time was married and her date of death is as well unknown. She had three sisters Ethel, Enid and Doris, and one brother [[Edward, later Sir Edward, Hale Tindal Atkinson]], who served as the Director of Public Prosecutions form 1930 to 1944.
 [[File:Maud Tindal Atkinson.jpg|thumb|left|"The Bird in a Cage", portrait of Maud Tindal Atkinson, Byam Shaw (1907)]]
-The first entrance found regarding this lady comes from 1906, when she appeared to exhibit at the [[Royal Academy]] from 1906-1937. In total she exposed 15 times but none of her worked appeared in the catalogue of any of these 15 exhibitions4. Byam Shaw was the director of a the School of Art in London in which Ethel Maud’s sister worked as a secretary, she seemed to be a writer and she collaborated closely with [[Byam Shaw]] in different book’s illustrations. Byam Shaw worked to revive [[Pre-Raphaelite]] influences in his paintings, he used Maud his pupil, at the school as a model in 1907 for “The Bird in a Cage”, and it seems they had a kind of close relationship but no more information can be found.
+She exhibited paintings at the [[Royal Academy]] from 1906 to 1937. She exhibited 15 works, but these are not reproduced in the catalogues4 . John Byam Liston Shaw, known as Byam Shaw, was co-principal of the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art in London in which Ethel Tindal Atkinson, Maud’s sister, worked as the secretary. The School was founded in 1910. Byam Shaw employed a [[Pre-Raphaelite]] style in some of his paintings. Maud was the model in 1907 for “The Bird in a Cage”.
-In 1915 Maud painted Ariel; this picture represents a character of the tempest of [[Shakespeare]] and was exposed at the Mass Gallery in London. Currently this paint is part of a private collection belongs to Mr [[Sam Elliot]].
+In 1915 Maud painted 'Ariel'. This picture represents a character from Shakespeare's The Tempest. It was at one time with the Maas Gallery in London and is now in the collection of [[Sam Elliot]]. The work has been reproduced commercially in several recent book jackets including “The Fairyland Companion” and “The Fairy Garden” by Beatrice Phillpotts.
-Little information can be obtained about this picture; [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] used it as a covered page for the 1983, French Edition of the book “Les adventures of [[Tom Bombadil]] “and as well appeared on “The Fairyland Companion” as an illustration on 2000 Edition and “The Fairy Garden” 2010 edition, these last two books are written by Beatrice Philppots.
+She was a member of The Royal Society of Miniaturists in London and illustrated some children's books, including E. H. Paine, 'The Land of Nice New Clothes. Pictured by Maud Tindal Atkinson', London: Blackie and Son, 1921; Catherine Henrietta Milnes Gaskell,'Lady Ann's Fairy Tales ... With twelve illustrations ... by Maud Tindal Atkinson', London: printed for the author, 1914;  S. J. Looker, ed., 'My Favourite Nursery Rhymes' Illustrations ... by Maud Tindal Atkinson', London: Daniel O'Connor, 1922; May H Brahe and Madge Dickson'Spindrift : five songs', with illustrations by Maud Tindal Atkinson, London; New York: Enoch & Sons, 1921.
-She was a member of The Royal Academy of Miniaturist in London and illustrated some children's books, like:
-''The Land of Nice New Clothes''. Pictured by Maud Tindal Atkinson, Verses by E. H. Paine; ''The children’s book'', ''I will be good, The hollow tree'', ''My favorite nursery rhymes'', ''Lady Ann’s fairy tales writing by Catherine Mildne''.
-Maud Tindal known art work is as follows:<br />
+Maud Tindal Atkinson's work includes the following:<br />
 - Pansy with the fairies<br />
 - Portrait of Tommy 1916<br />
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 Maud Tindal Atkinson Genealogy. http://www.tolliss.com/gedview/individual.php?pid=I7528&ged=Tolliss.ged.
 http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/LotDetailsPrintable.aspx?intObjectID=3042
-RoyalAcademy of Art, General Archive. London .UK
+Royal Academy of Arts, General Archive. London .UK
-Mass Gallery. London .UK http://www.massgallery.org/
+Maas Gallery. London .UK http://www.massgallery.org/
 [[File:Atkinson Sir Galahad.jpg|thumb|left|"Sir Galahad"]]