Portrait of Mrs W. Collins

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Title

Portrait of Mrs W. Collins

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

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Text originally created for Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand exhibition at Te Papa, March 2018. On this wall, women are often subjects, but seldom artists. Margaret Carpenter is the exception. A talented and successful portrait painter, she exhibited at London’s prestigious Royal Academy – but as a woman, was barred from becoming a member. Here, she has painted her sister Harriet’s mother-in-law. Margaret Collins was a formidable woman who had opposed Harriet’s marriage to her son

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Date created

1826

Creator

Margaret Carpenter

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/39729

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Portraits / Women / Books / oil paint / wood / panels / oil paintings / portraits / British / Georgian

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