M.D Webb Robinson Art Print- A Volunteer for the Lifeboat

M.D Webb Robinson Art Print- A Volunteer for the Lifeboat 1892

Painting part of the permanent collection and on display in the Victorian Gallery at Salford Museum & Art Gallery

Born in Northern Ireland as Maria Dorothea Webb, the artist then migrated to Dublin. She studied art at Julian's Academy in Paris, and made her debut (1883) at the Paris Salon with A Breton Farm that she painted in Pont Aven. Exhibited from 1881-1910, and her first entry at the RA in 1885, was A Pool in the Rocks.

She was married to Henry Harewood ROBINSON. In the 1891 Census, Maria D and her husband Henry H were recorded as living at Richmond Place, St Ives. Both exhibited at the Opening Exhibition of the Gallery at Newlyn (1895).  In 1901 she exhibited and sold Peacocks Feathers at NAG. The artist couple lived at 99 Richmond Place, St Ives. She was made an honorary member of the St Ives Arts Club after her husband's death.

Size 30cm x 42cm

This print comes unframed

Please Note: This print has been in storage and therefore is in a Good/Fair Condition due to long term storage with some light yellowing to the edges and some slight storage marks. All funds raised from the sale of this item will go towards the upkeep of Salford Museums & Galleries.