Mariquita Jenny Moberly

Mariquita Jenny Moberly
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Born Mariquita Jenny Phillips
2 November 1855[1]
Deptford, London, England
Died 1 November 1937(1937-11-01) (aged 81)[2]
Mitcham, Surrey, England[3]
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Herbert Guy Moberly[4]
The Duet
Fisherman Repairing Nets

Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI (née Phillips, 2 November 1855 – 1 November 1937) was an English artist, working in oil[5] and watercolour.[6]

Moberly was born to John Phillips and Jane Atkins Phillips in Deptford, Lewisham, London.[7] Her name, mariquita, (literally, "Little Mary") means ladybug in Spanish.[8]

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.[6]

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.[6] 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.[6]

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, one day before her 82nd birthday.[3]

References

  1. ↑ London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
  2. ↑ 2 Painting(s) by or after Mariquita Jenny Moberly, Art UK. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Best Friends". Leighton Fine Art. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Chatham Historic Dockyard". Antiques Roadshow. Series 35. Episode 16. 2013-03-24. BBC. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "The Secret Path". Your Paintings. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
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