- Object name(s):
- watercolour on paper; miniature; The Sisters; The Sisters
- Brief description:
- Myra Luxmore was a suffragette artist. She was born in Paddington, the only child of John and Jane Luxmore. Her father was a train engineer. The family moved to Wales and then to Newton Abbot following her father’s career. By 1888 Myra, based in Newton Abbot was exhibiting as an Associate with the Society of Women Artists. In 1891 she moved to London and lived at various addresses before settling in 1905 at her studio, 57 Bedford Gardens. This period saw her exhibiting regularly at the Royal Academy. She is also known to have illustrated a card that was published by the Conservative and Unionist Woman’s Franchise Association. Kate Parry Frye (1878-1959) in her diary mentions attending women’s suffrage meetings held at Myra Luxmore’s studio. Frye worked as an organiser for the New Constitutional Society for Women’s Suffrage’. This object is not on display. Inscription lower left signed M F Luxmore
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Associated concept:
- Portrait
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Object name:
- watercolour on paper; miniature; The Sisters; The Sisters
- Object number:
- 54/1919
- Object production date:
- 1895 to 1914
- Date - period:
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Date - period:
- Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Object production person:
- Myra E Luxmore or Luxmoore MBSM 1851-1919 (artist)
- Object production place:
- Somerford
- Object production place:
- Newton Abbot
- Object production place:
- Devon
- Object production place:
- England
- Reproduction number:
- 54-1919-shot1.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Fine Art
- Responsible department/section:
- Miniatures
- Use title:
- Exeter’s Fine Art Collection - Women Artists. Exhibition 2018
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/61a8f1f0-2b72-3cc8-aa2e-7394b3c5f50a
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/61a8f1f0-2b72-3cc8-aa2e-7394b3c5f50a, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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