Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI BWS NSA | |
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Born | Mariquita Jenny Phillips 2 November 1855
Deptford, London, England |
Died | 1 November 1937
Mitcham, Surrey, England | (aged 81)
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Herbert Guy Moberly [1] |
Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI , née Phillips, (2 November 1855 – 1 November 1937) was an English artist, working in oil paints and watercolours. [2] [3]
Moberly was born on 2 November 1855 [4] to John Phillips and Jane Atkins Phillips at Deptford in London. [5] Her name, mariquita, (literally, "Little Mary") means ladybird in Spanish. [6][ self-published source]
Moberly studied in Germany and under Carolus-Duran in Paris. [7] [8] She painted portraits, figure studies, animals and landscapes in oils, watercolours and pastels. [7] [8] Moberly exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the New Watercolour Society and at both the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. [7] 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 belonged 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. [9]
She died in Mitcham, Surrey, on 1 November 1937, one day before her 82nd birthday. [10]
Moberly.—On Monday, Nov. 1, 1937, at Ravensbury Gardens, Morden Road,Mitcham, Surrey, Mariquita Jenny, widow of Herbert Guy Moberly, aged 82.
Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI BWS NSA | |
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Born | Mariquita Jenny Phillips 2 November 1855
Deptford, London, England |
Died | 1 November 1937
Mitcham, Surrey, England | (aged 81)
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Herbert Guy Moberly [1] |
Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI , née Phillips, (2 November 1855 – 1 November 1937) was an English artist, working in oil paints and watercolours. [2] [3]
Moberly was born on 2 November 1855 [4] to John Phillips and Jane Atkins Phillips at Deptford in London. [5] Her name, mariquita, (literally, "Little Mary") means ladybird in Spanish. [6][ self-published source]
Moberly studied in Germany and under Carolus-Duran in Paris. [7] [8] She painted portraits, figure studies, animals and landscapes in oils, watercolours and pastels. [7] [8] Moberly exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, with the New Watercolour Society and at both the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. [7] 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 belonged 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. [9]
She died in Mitcham, Surrey, on 1 November 1937, one day before her 82nd birthday. [10]
Moberly.—On Monday, Nov. 1, 1937, at Ravensbury Gardens, Morden Road,Mitcham, Surrey, Mariquita Jenny, widow of Herbert Guy Moberly, aged 82.