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416: 402: 366: 378: 33: 168: 347: 430: 390: 222: 214:, exhibited at the British Institution in 1823, a reviewer wrote: "It very rarely happens that a specimen of art like this is produced from the hand of a lady: Here are colour, light, strength and effect, and anatomical drawing". The painting was bought for 45 guineas by the 218:, an influential art patrons, who had previously bought her medal-winning painting of 1813. In December 2013 the picture resurfaced at auction (with some fire damage) and was purchased by a family relative for restoration. 151:, the daughter of Captain Alexander Geddes, who was of an Edinburgh family, and Harriet Easton. She was taught art by a local drawing-master. Her first art studies were made from the pictures at 635:, addressed to Rev. Dr. William Jackson, then de Tabley's tutor; in an earlier letter dated 1 June 1831 Parker refers to 'Mr Carpenter', suggesting he was uninformed as to the artist's sex. 346: 215: 288:
Her portraits follow in the tradition of Lawrence, but Wood found them to be more fanciful and feminine character, particularly in her portraits of children.
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She died in London on 13 November 1872, in her 80th year, and was buried with her husband on the western side of
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English women painters from the early 19th century who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art also included
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collection in London, including portraits of her husband, Bonington and the sculptor
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In 1812, one of Carpenter's copies of the head of a boy was awarded a medal by the
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Completed by July 1831 according to a letter of 2nd. Lord de Tabley's guardian
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The Literary Gazette of Belles Lettres, Arts and Sciences; Volume 7, p.268
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exhibition. She also exhibited at the British Institution and at the
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National Portrait Gallery - Margaret Sarah Carpenter (née Geddes)
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in 1814, and a picture entitled 'The Fortune Teller' at the
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The Dictionary of Portrait Painters in Britain up to 1920
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Catalogue of the Art Treasures of the United Kingdom
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Among Carpenter's exhibited portraits were those of
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Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum
776: 760:43 artworks by or after Margaret Sarah Carpenter 549: 269:in Academic Robes' hangs in the dining room at 171:A young girl by Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1839) 664:. Vol. 09. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 578:, Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum, 1993 735:A Dictionary of Artists of the English School 835:Collins family (English writers and artists) 588:Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition (1857). 576:Margaret Sarah Carpenter, A Brief Biography 518:Brian Stewart & Mervyn Cutten (1997). 513: 511: 509: 353:Ada King (1815–1852), Countess of Lovelace 245:) (1835). Her last work was a portrait of 31: 644: 273:. There is also one of her portraits at 220: 166: 545: 543: 541: 539: 506: 241:(1831), and Lady King (better known as 777: 371:Harriet Brudenell, Countess Howe, 1834 711:Dictionary of Painters and Engravers 552:The Dictionary of Victorian Painters 536: 840:19th-century British women painters 13: 810:English people of Scottish descent 795:19th-century English women artists 651:"Carpenter, William Hookham"  638: 14: 851: 753: 668: 749:, pp. 60, 66, 96. 100, 1905 661:Dictionary of National Biography 428: 414: 400: 388: 376: 364: 345: 249:. Three of her works are in the 718:English Female Artist, Volume 1 680: 830:Principal Painters in Ordinary 625: 613: 600: 581: 568: 261:' by her in the collection at 183:. She exhibited a portrait of 1: 800:19th-century English painters 695: 675:The Golden Temple at Amritsar 201:1857 Manchester Art Treasures 142: 38: 16:Portrait painter from England 805:Burials at Highgate Cemetery 554:. Antique Collectors' Club. 522:. Antique Collectors' Club. 355:, mthematician, daughter of 229:by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 135:. She was a close friend of 7: 746:Women Painters of the World 443: 10: 856: 646:Carpenter, William Hookham 395:A mother and a child, 1841 338: 257:. There are also several ' 815:English portrait painters 725:Early Victorian Portraits 550:Christopher Wood (1978). 455:Sophie Gengembre Anderson 436:Sir Charles William Doyle 422:William Hookham Carpenter 383:Henrietta Carpenter, 1839 320:, novelist and friend to 298:William Hookham Carpenter 291: 251:National Portrait Gallery 162: 112:William Hookham Carpenter 107: 97: 89: 70: 48: 30: 23: 608:Art in England 1821-1837 500: 408:Richard Parkes Bonington 137:Richard Parkes Bonington 120:Margaret Sarah Carpenter 25:Margaret Sarah Carpenter 265:. Her portrait of 'The 820:English women painters 230: 205:Suffolk Street Gallery 199:was on display at the 172: 147:Carpenter was born in 825:People from Salisbury 687:The King of Inventors 296:In 1817, she married 224: 170: 53:Margaret Sarah Geddes 727:, HMSO, 2 vols, 1973 633:Thomas Lister Parker 485:Elizabeth Emma Soyer 216:Marquess of Stafford 212:Head of a Polish Jew 490:Isabelle de Steiger 470:Mary Martha Pearson 279:Neill-Cochran House 193:British Institution 155:, belonging to the 689:. Catherine Peters 594:Bradbury and Evans 574:Smith, Richard J, 267:2nd Lord de Tabley 231: 173: 720:p. 386, 1876 610:, Cambridge, 1930 465:Emily Mary Osborn 460:Joanna Mary Boyce 333:Highgate Cemetery 259:leaving portraits 117: 116: 102:Portrait painting 78:(aged 78–79) 847: 741:Shaw Sparrow, W. 731:Redgrave, Samuel 716:Clayton, E. 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Salisbury
England
London
Portrait painting
William Hookham Carpenter
née
Thomas Lawrence
Richard Parkes Bonington
Salisbury
Longford Castle
Earl of Radnor

Society of Arts
portrait painter
Lord Folkestone
Royal Academy
British Institution
1857 Manchester Art Treasures
Suffolk Street Gallery
Marquess of Stafford
Ada Lovelace, painted portrait circa 1836
Ada Lovelace
Sir H. Bunbury
Lady Denbigh
Ada Lovelace
William Whewell
National Portrait Gallery
John Gibson
leaving portraits

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