M. Alison Atkins
(Margaret) Alison Atkins (1878 – ?) was an English artist and illustrator.
Life
Margaret was born in Fulham, London to Arthur Atkins and Kate Bollaert.[1][2] Her father was, in turn, a tea dealer, merchant and wholesale dealer. She had a brother Arthur and, it is believed, a sister, Mary.[3]
At the time of the 1901 census, aged 22, she was noted as being an 'art student'.
Little is actually known of her private or professional life. By 1908 she had moved to 90 Burnt Ash Hill, Lee, London and was displaying her art at local exhibitions. Whilst there she exhibited Bringing home the Christmas tree, An elf maiden and Titania's baby.[4]
Around 1917 Atkins was living at 35 Leamington Road Villas, Westbourne Park, W11 and in 1917 exhibited a painting called Sweet William Cottage.
Atkins' flourished between 1906 and 1919. She was not recorded as a member of the Society of Women Artists.
Known works
- "Listen to My Sweet Pipings". Pen and ink and watercolour over pencil on drawing board. 26.1 × 14.3 cm [1] (not to be confused with a painting of the same name by John William Waterhouse). The copyright for the image is current held with the York Museum Trust.
- "The Duck Pond", which appeared in Vol. 37, page 609 of The Girl’s Own Paper. Volume 37 was probably published circa 1915.
Notes
- ^ Arthur Nias Atkins (1844 - 13 Dec 1923) was born in Epsom. According to the National Probate Registers he died at 4 Rectory-place, Chislehurst Kent. He married Kate Caroline Bingley Melanie Bollaert (born 1850, Hackney) in the Marylebone registration district between January and March 1873. After his death in 1923 his estate of £1653 0s 1d went to Arthur Bollaert Atkins and Percy Phillpott Eastern (London 16 Jan 1924).
- ^ In 1881 the two year old Margaret Atkins was living at 44 Loftus Road with her parents Arthur and Kate, two siblings (Arthur who was a clerk in an insurance office and Mary) and two servants (Mary A Phillips - Cook and Mabel Crutchley - housemaid).
- ^ Mary Francisca Atkins (born 1874, Woolwich) was registered at the same address. She exhibited handicrafts at the Society of Women Artists exhibitions in 1910, 1917, 1918 and 1919, though she was not recorded as a member of the Society of Women Artists
- ^ It is assumed that Titania's baby is a reference to Lewis Carroll's "Sylvie and Bruno".
Resources
- The Society of Women Artist Exhibitors 1855-1996 by Charles Baile de Laperriere.
- National probate calendars (1918 onwards)
- Paddington registers
- Bromley directories
- Birth Record: Sep 1878. District: Fulham. Volume: 1a. Page: 200 (Maraget Alison Atkins)
- Birth Record: Sep 1874. District: Woolwich. Volume: 1d. Page: 933 (Mary Francisca Atkins)
- Birth Record: Sep 1844. District: Epsom. Volume: 4. Page: 127 (Arthur Nias Atkins)
- Marriage Record: Mar 1873. District: Marylebone. Volume: 1a: Page: 768 (Arthu/Bollaert)
External links
Art
Genealogy
References
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