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Elizabeth Murray - Portrait of Woman Reading

Portrait of Woman Reading (1852)

Elizabeth Murray (English, 1815-1882)
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The Artist died in 1882 so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries where the copyright term is the Artist's life plus 70 years or fewer.

Elizabeth Murray, born Elizabeth Heaphy, was a British watercolourist. She primarily painted portraits and landscapes of the Canary Islands, where she lived for ten years. She was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and in 1857 was one of the founders of the Society of Female Artists in London, serving on its first committee.

Murray's father was Thomas Heaphy, also a watercolour painter. She first learned to paint from him, and they travelled and painted together. She continued to travel and live across the world, and paint scenes and portraits from these places: in particular, Rome, Morocco, the Canary Islands (particularly Tenerife), and New England. She married Henry John Murray, a British consul whom she met when living in Morocco, and moved with him as he was assigned to the Canary Islands.

In 1859, Murray published a two-volume monograph, Sixteen Years of an Artist's Life in Morocco, Spain, and the Canary Islands. This was received negatively in the Canary Islands because of its criticism of Canarian society, Spanish officials, and its comments about the decline of Tenerife. Possibly because of the resultant animosity towards the Murrays, her husband requested to be transferred to a new location, and in 1860 they moved to Portland, Maine in the United States where he took up a new consulate position.

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On the way from Val’ Oscuro to Nice (1842)

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Sketch of House with Mother and Children

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Hugh and Florence, Ashford

Hugh and Florence, Ashford (1848)

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Terrace at Wentworth Castle

Terrace at Wentworth Castle (1848)

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Majolica, Lake Como

Majolica, Lake Como (1841)

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Caernarvon Castle

Caernarvon Castle (1845)

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Fishing Boats Near Greves

Fishing Boats Near Greves

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Portrait of Selina (Quin) Markham

Portrait of Selina (Quin) Markham (1850)

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Scarborough

Scarborough

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Kilkenny Village from the Rocks

Kilkenny Village from the Rocks (1843)

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Cows in Landscape

Cows in Landscape

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Loading Boat in Port

Loading Boat in Port

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Fishermen Drying Nets before Castle

Fishermen Drying Nets before Castle (c. 1855)

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View Inchkeith and the Firth of Forth Islands from Granton

View Inchkeith and the Firth of Forth Islands from Granton (1844)

Elizabeth Murray (English, 1815-1882)
Woman Watercoloring (possibly a Self Portrait)

Woman Watercoloring (possibly a Self Portrait) (1856)

Elizabeth Murray (English, 1815-1882)
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