Art notices : manuscript.

England or Ireland, 1883-1927.

1 volume (30 pages) : illustrations ; 21 x 29 cm

English

Sophie D'Ouseley was born in Waterford, Ireland, no earlier than 1851, and died in Keynsham, England, no later than 1934. Her father was Richard Standish D'Ouseley, who worked as a collector of customs at Douglas, Isle of Man. She was married to William Meredith, with whom she had two children, Kathleen Mary, born in 1894, and Rose Fitzgerald, born 1899. She was known as a watercolor painter of landscapes, streets, markets, and cathedral interiors. Her work began to garner public attention after she had presented a drawing of the interior of Westminster Abbey to the Queen and was commissioned by the ladies of Cornwall to paint the interior of Truro Cathedral to be presented to Mrs. Benson, the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Her most notable accomplishment was her contribution to the Queen's Doll House that was prepared as a gift for the Queen in 1924.

Scrapbook with newspaper clippings, correspondence, and tickets concerning Sophie D'Ouseley and her career as an artist. The scrapbook documents her artistic activities from her time as a student at the Bath Government School of Science and Art and following her marriage to William Meredith. Contents also include a catalog for an exhibition of watercolors by Mrs. Sophie D'Ouseley Meredith, and a program for the Colchester Art Club's Conversazione on February 3rd, 1927 at the Albert Hall & Art Gallery which included Mrs. S. D'Ouseley Meredith's work. There is a illustration of H.H. Princess Marie Louise and a letter from the Ambassadors' Court at St James's Palace, inviting Mrs. Meredith to contribute to "making the collection of drawings for the portfolios in the King's Library representative of the best art of the period." One piece of ephemera is a ticket admitting Mrs. Meredith, by command of the Queen, to the Queen's Dolls' House in the Palace of Arts British Empire Exhibition.

April 07, 2021