Caroline Millard (also known as Mrs Millard) (died 26 April 1894) was an Irish wood engraver.

Life

Caroline Millard was born Caroline Clayton in Dublin, she was the daughter of the wood engraver,

Benjamin Clayton II Benjamin Clayton II (1786 – 17 November 1862) was an Irish wood engraver. Life Benjamin Clayton II was born in Dublin in 1786, and was baptised in St John's Church. His father was wood engraver, Benjamin Clayton I. He had two brothers, Samue ...

. In 1841, she married the English cabinet-maker, Thomas Millard, who had moved to Dublin from Cheltenham in 1838. He went on to establish a photographic studio with James Simonton in 1856 on Sackville Street. He died on 6 February 1882. Millard died at her home, 10 Mount Pleasant Square, on 26 April 1894. She is buried in Mount Jerome. Her son, William Millard, became a sculptor. Her niece, by her brother

Benjamin Clayton III Benjamin Clayton III (6 January 1809 – 11 August 1883) was an Irish wood engraver and miniature painter. Life Benjamin Clayton III was born in Dublin on 6 January 1809. His parents were Benjamin Clayton II, a wood engraver, and Eleanor Creat ...

, was the author Ellen Creathorne Clayton. She trained as an engraver under her father, and had a successful engraving business in Dublin. In 1844, she won a prize from the Irish Art Union for her title page of ''Spirit of the Nation'' after Burton. Her engraving of

Daniel Maclise Daniel Maclise (25 January 180625 April 1870) was an Irish history painter, literary and portrait painter, and illustrator, who worked for most of his life in London, England. Early life Maclise was born in Cork, Ireland, the son of Alexan ...

's self-portrait appears in the 1871 memoir of Maclise by William Justin O'Driscoll. She ran her business from 58 Harcourt Street, and later 10 Mount Pleasant Square.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Millard, Caroline 1894 deaths Artists from Dublin (city) Burials at Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium Date of birth missing Irish wood engravers Irish women illustrators