Elizabeth Creed
| Elizabeth Creed | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elizabeth Pickering 1642 Titchmarsh, United Kingdom |
| Died |
1728 (aged 85–86) Oundle, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Painting |
Elizabeth Creed (née Pickering; 1642–1728) was a daughter of Sir Gilbert Pickering, Bart., cousin to the poet John Dryden, and a second cousin to Samuel Pepys.[1] She married a gentleman named Creed, of Oundle in Northamptonshire, and, on his death occupied herself in painting as an amateur, and gratuitously instructing young girls in fine needlework and other feminine arts.[2] Many churches in the neighbourhood of Oundle were decorated with altarpieces and various artistic adornments from her industrious and pious hands.[2] After another cousin, Edward Dryden, inherited the estate of Canons Ashby in 1708, she was tasked with the painting of what was then called the Painted Parlour as well as a piece for the Great Hall and a set of dummy boards.[3] At Drayton, in the collection of the Earls of Peterborough, was a portrait of the first Earl of Sandwich; and Mrs. Creed's descendants possessed many portraits and some pictures by her.[2] She died May, 1728.[2]
Notes
- ↑ http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/familytree/
- 1 2 3 4 Clayton, Ellen Creathorne. English female artists, volume 2 (London, Tinsley brothers, 1876) p. 39 ff.
- ↑ Stobart, J. (2013) Inventories and the changing furnishings of Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, 1717-1819. Regional Furniture. 27, pp. 1-43. 0953-0800
References
- 2 Painting(s) by or after Elizabeth Creed at the Art UK site
Attribution:
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Creed, Elizabeth". In Graves, Robert Edmund. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.