Marianne Croker (1791–1854) was an English watercolour painter and author of the 19th century.
Early life
Croker was born as Marianne Nicholson. Croker's father was
Francis Nicholson
Lieutenant-General Francis Nicholson (12 November 1655 – ) was a British Army general and colonial official who served as the Governor of South Carolina from 1721 to 1725. He previously was the Governor of Nova Scotia from 1712 to 1715, the ...
, a leading
watercolour
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...
ist. Croker had a brother, Alfred.
Career
Some time after 1818, Croker and her brother Alfred made the acquaintance of
Thomas Crofton Croker
Thomas Crofton Croker (15 January 1798 – 8 August 1854) was an Irish antiquary, best known for his ''Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'' (1825–1828), and who also showed considerable interest in Irish song and music.
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, then a civil servant with antiquarian interests. The three made a number of trips to the south of Ireland to gather material for a proposed publication – ''Researches in the South of Ireland'' (1824) – to which Marianne contributed illustrations.
In Marianne, Thomas Croker found a partner who shared his interests and talents, and the two made numerous visits to Ireland in support of Thomas's later publications dealing with
Celtic folklore Celtic folklore may refer to:
The Folklore in the modern Celtic nations:
* Hebridean mythology and folklore
* Irish folklore
* Scottish folklore
* Welsh folklore
Or the mythologies of ancient and modern Celtic peoples:
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. Marianne's extensive contributions to Thomas's work are largely unacknowledged.
Croker was the author of two books, ''Barney Mahoney'' and ''My Village Versus Our Village'' – both published at her request under her husband's name. She also exhibited a number of
landscape painting
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, trees, rivers, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a coherent compos ...
s.
Personal life
In 1830, Croker married
Thomas Crofton Croker
Thomas Crofton Croker (15 January 1798 – 8 August 1854) was an Irish antiquary, best known for his ''Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland'' (1825–1828), and who also showed considerable interest in Irish song and music.
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, a civil servant with interests in antiquity. They had one child,
Thomas Francis Dillon Croker
Thomas Francis Dillon Croker FSA FRGS (1831–1912) was a British antiquary and poet. In the literature, he is usually referred to as "T. F. Dillon Croker".
He was the only child of Thomas Crofton Croker, and Marianne Croker; his parents collabor ...
, an amateur antiquary and poet.
On 6 October 1854, Croker died in England, two months after the death of her husband. She was buried at
Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery (originally the West of London and Westminster Cemetery) is a London cemetery, managed by The Royal Parks, in West Brompton in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is one of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries. Estab ...
in London (in the same grave as her husband) on 10 October.
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Croker
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1791 births
1854 deaths
19th-century English novelists
19th-century English painters
Burials at Brompton Cemetery
English watercolourists
English women painters
19th-century English poets
English women poets
English illustrators
British women illustrators
19th-century English women writers
19th-century British women artists
Women watercolorists