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Last Name Tonge

Given Name Olivia Frances °

alt. Names O. F. T. ; Olivia Fanny Fitzmaurice ;

Marriage Dinely Fowler Tonge (1xxx-1893) engineer in 1877 ;

Children 2 daughers: artist Blanche ; Ermine; one of them accompanied her during trip through India

Year born 1858 in Llandilotalybont, Glamorganshire

Year died 1949

Place of death Lincoln

Father's occupation explorer, naturalist, and painter Captain Lewis Roper Fitzmaurice Jr. (1816-1893) on HMS Beagle 1837-43

Relatives Mary Butler (1826-1897) (mother) ,

Education learnt drawing from her father ;

Country of Activity India

Worked for

Patronage Reverend J. G. Wood ; Hearth and Home ;

Collaborators

Techniques botanical, natural, ornithological, and herpetological watercolour, painting, and xylography ; metalwork, brass repousse, and dress design ;

Sample(s) www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/art-nature-imaging/collections/art-themes/india/more/aubergine_more_info.htm ;

Archival sources Natural History Museum London; http://www.fitzmaurice.info/LRF.html ;

Published sources Sawyer 1971: 192 ; Judith Magee: Art of NAture. Three Centuries of Natural History Art from Around the World (London 2009: 123, 144 & 253) ;

other Born in Wales; later lived in Surrey, England; traveled through India sketchbooks in India & Pakistan 1808-10/1912-13; cf. also http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/dokumente-beruehmter-forscher-skizzen-tagebuecher-karten-fotostrecke-145115-2.html

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