Alice Mary Celestine Havers, married name Alice Mary Morgan (1850-1890), was an British painter and illustrator.
Life
Alice Mary Havers was the third daughter and youngest of four children born 19 May 1850 to Thomas Havers (1810-1870) of Thelton Hall, Thelveton, Norfolk, the family seat, and his first wife Ellen Ruding (1817-1854).
One of her sisters became the writer Dorothy Boulger.
Thomas occupied himself in the commercial world of company clerking and administration and in early 1854 accepted a post as a manager of the Falkland Islands Company in the Falkland Islands.
He took his wife and children with him along with a governess, Mary Coppinger and a nurse.
Alice, her two sisters and brother were in the Falkland Islands until 1860.
Their mother Ellen, died there in October 1854 about eight months after their arrival and Thomas remarried a year later in October 1855 to the governess, Mary Coppinger.
In 1860 Thomas was relieved of his position in the Falklands and found a new post with new employers in Montevideo, Uruguay, relocating his family there.
Upon Thomas' death in Montevideo in March 1870, his children by Ellen, now young adults and four younger children by Mary, all returned to England in April and May of the same year.
Alice and entered the School of Art at South Kensington, where she gained a free studentship in the first year.
In 1888 Havers moved to Paris with her three children by fellow artist Frederick Morgan (1847-1927), drawn by the French school of painting.
Having married Morgan in 1872, she was to petition for divorce in 1889, made final in July 1890.
Her career was cut short by her sudden death at the age of 40 at her residence in Marlborough Road, St. John's Wood, London, on 26 August 1890.
She was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
Works
Havers first exhibited at the Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street, and in 1873 for the first time at the Royal Academy.
She also exhibited watercolours at the Dudley Gallery, London.
One of her early pictures, Ought and carry one, was purchased by Queen Victoria, and was engraved; and she attained success and popularity.
She also worked in art-illustration, in particular for some of the stories written by her sister Dorothy Henrietta Boulger who used the pseudonym "Theo Gift".
She was commissioned for special programmes for Savoy Operas.
In 1889 Havers exhibited at the Paris Salon two pictures, one of which (already exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1888), And Mary kept all these sayings in her heart, attracted attention and was honourably commended. | Source: © Wikipedia
Alice Mary Celestine Havers, nome da sposata Alice Mary Morgan (1850-1890), è stata una pittrice ed illustratrice Inglese.
Havers espose per la prima volta alla Society of British Artists in Suffolk Street e nel 1873 per la prima volta alla Royal Academy.
Ha anche esposto gli acquerelli alla Dudley Gallery di Londra.
Uno dei suoi primi quadri, Ought and carry one, fu acquistato dalla regina Vittoria e fu inciso; e ha raggiunto il successo e la popolarità.
Si lavorò anche nel campo dell'illustrazione artistica, in particolare per alcuni dei racconti scritti da sua sorella Dorothy Henrietta Boulger che utilizzava lo pseudonimo di "Theo Gift".
Le furono commissionati programmi speciali per le opere sabaude.
Nel 1889 Havers espose al Salon di Parigi due quadri, uno dei quali (già esposto alla Royal Academy nel 1888), e Mary conservò tutti questi detti nel suo cuore, attirò l'attenzione e fu lodata con onore.
La sua carriera fu interrotta dalla sua morte improvvisa all'età di 40 anni nella sua residenza in Marlborough Road, St. John's Wood, Londra, il 26 agosto 1890.
Fu sepolta sul lato orientale del cimitero di Highgate.
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