Margaret Sarah Carpenter
Margaret Sarah Carpenter , b. Geddes (* 1793 in Salisbury ; † November 13, 1872 in London ), was an English painter.
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Margaret Carpenter was born in 1793 as the daughter of Captain Alexander Geddes and his wife Harriet, b. Edison was born in Salisbury. There she received drawing lessons from a local teacher at an early age. From 1812 she painted portraits, for which she received awards from the Royal Society of Arts in the following years . In 1814 she moved to London, where she exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy and established herself as a respected portrait painter. Between 1818 and 1866 she exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, but also at the British Institution .
In 1817 she married William Hookham Carpenter, who worked at the British Museum . Two of their children, William and Percy , later also became painters. She also introduced her sister Hariett to the painter William Collins , and the two married in 1822. After her husband retired in 1845, she provided the family with the income from her painting. After her husband's death in 1846, she received an annual pension from Queen Victoria .
Margaret Carpenter was a respected portrait painter. She painted over 250 portraits. Three of her works are now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.
literature
- Lionel Lambourne: Victorian Painting. London 1999.
- William Cosmo Monkhouse: Carpenter, Margaret Sarah , in: Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 9, 1887
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Carpenter, Margaret Sarah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geddes, Margaret Sarah (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1793 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salisbury |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1872 |
| Place of death | London |