Mariquita Jenny Moberly
Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI BWS NSA | |
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Born | Mariquita Jenny Phillips 2 November 1855 |
Died | 1 November 1937 | (aged 81)
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Herbert Guy Moberly[1] |
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Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI (née Phillips, 1855–1937) was an English artist, working in oil[2] and watercolour.[3]
Moberly was born on 2 November 1855[4] to John Phillips and Jane Atkins Phillips in Deptford, Lewisham, London.[5] Her name, mariquita, (literally, "Little Mary") means ladybird in Spanish.[6]
She studied in Germany and under Carolus-Duran in Paris. She exhibited at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society She lived in Epsom, and later Mitcham.[3]
In March 2013, a number of her watercolour paintings, in private possession, of a variety of subjects, were shown in the BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow.[3] These included a 1918 self-portrait and a picture of a dog that reputedly belong to Ernest Shackleton, along with photographs of her paintings of dogs known to be his.[3]
Her works are in a number of public collections, including The Secret Path in the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.[7]
She died in Mitcham, Surrey, on 1 November 1937, one day before her 82nd birthday.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
- ^ "Best Friends". Leighton Fine Art. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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- ^ Wright, Christopher; Catherine May Gordon; Mary Peskett Smith (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press. p. 569. ISBN 0300117302.
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014). A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots: Volume II (H - Z and Appendix). Xlibris Corporation. p. 175. ISBN 9781493191116. Retrieved 31 July 2017.[self-published source]
- ^ "The Secret Path". Your Paintings. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
- ^ 2 artworks by or after Mariquita Jenny Moberly, Art UK. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. London, England. 2 November 1937. p. 1.
Moberly.—On Monday, Nov. 1, 1937, at Ravensbury Gardens, Morden Road,Mitcham, Surrey, Mariquita Jenny, widow of Herbert Guy Moberly, aged 82.
External links
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- 2 artworks by or after Mariquita Jenny Moberly at the Art UK site