Background
She was born in Leicester, an area which was the subject of many of her prints.
She was born in Leicester, an area which was the subject of many of her prints.
She studied at Leicester School of Art and was taught etching and engraving by Hubert von Herkomer in his school at Bushey, and later studied under Francis Job Short at the Royal College of Artist
She lived for many years in the village of Enderby, Leicestershire, where she made a number of etchings of weavers, a traditional craft practised there as well as other subjects. She was a member and Honorary Secretary of the Women's Guild of Arts that May Morris founded in 1907. In 2012-2013 there was an exhibition of her watercolours and engravings at the William Morris Society in Hammersmith.
She was a frequent visitor to William Morris"s houses where she met other members of the Arts and Crafts movement.
