Mary Jane Everett Cormack (1862 – 1919) was an Irish-British painter and

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engraver.

Early life

Mary Jane Maria Lee Everett was born in 1862 in

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, Ireland. She lived in

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and

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in the

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. She married noted illustrator Charles J. Praetorius, son of photographer Charles B. Praetorius.

Works

Praetorius and Minnie worked at Pomona Studios, shared with

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. Cormack's subjects included

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, and a child of Countess Albinia Hobart.

Gallery

File:Minnie Cormack - MINNIE CORMACK - Nell Gwynne 35x25.jpg, ''Nell Gwynn'' work by Cormack File:Minnie Cormack - Minnie Cormack, Irish 1862-1920- Portrait of Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron and Viscount Nelson, after John Hoppner RA; hand-coloured mezzotint engraving, published London, Published 29th.jpg, Colorised etching of

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, based on a work by

John Hoppner John Hoppner (4 April 175823 January 1810) was an English portrait painter, much influenced by Joshua Reynolds, who achieved fame as a colourist. Early life Hoppner was born in Whitechapel, London, the son of German parents – his mother w ...

File:Minnie Cormack - Oval mezzotint After Lawrence Portrait of a young girl wearing hat with.jpg, Mezzotint etching after a work by

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References

Irish women engravers 19th-century Irish engravers 20th-century Irish engravers 19th-century Irish painters 20th-century Irish painters Irish portrait painters 1862 births 1919 deaths People from Skibbereen English people of Irish descent {{Ireland-painter-stub