Mary Désirée Anderson (1902–1973) was a British specialist in

Christian iconography Iconography, as a branch of art history, studies the identification, description and interpretation of the content of images: the subjects depicted, the particular compositions and details used to do so, and other elements that are distinct fro ...

and early Church drama, as well as a leading expert on English

medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the Post-classical, post-classical period of World history (field), global history. It began with t ...

woodcarving Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentation ...

. She was a poet in her own right. Photographs contributed by Maisie Anderson to the Conway Library are currently being digitised by the

Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Institute of Art (), commonly referred to as The Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation. It is among the most prestigious specialist coll ...

, as part of the Courtauld Connects project. She published under the name M. D. Anderson.

Personal life

Anderson married Sir George Trenchard Cox (1905–1995) in 1935, a fellow art historian, and museum director (

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BM&AG) is a museum and art gallery in Birmingham, England. It has a collection of international importance covering fine art, ceramics, metalwork, jewellery, natural history, archaeology, ethnography, local ...

and the V&A). Her parents were British physiologist and academic

Hugh Kerr Anderson Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson (6 July 1865 – 2 November 1928) was a British physiologist, and educator. He was the son of James Anderson (1811–1897) and Eliza Murray, died 1890 aged 60. Educated at by F. W. Goldsmith at Hampstead and at Harrow S ...

(1865–1928) and Jessie Mina Innes (d. 1946). Anderson died in 1973.

Selected works

Academic writing

*''The Medieval Carver'',1935, Cambridge U. P. *''Animal Carvings in British Churches'', 1938, Cambridge U. P. *''Design for a journey'', 1940, Cambridge U. P. *''British Women at War'', 1941, John Murray; Pilot Press *''Looking for history in British Churches'', 1951, John Murray *''Choir Stalls of Lincoln Minster'', 1951, Friends of Lincoln Cathedral *''Misericords. Medieval life in English woodcarving''. 1954, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books *''The Imagery of British Churches'', 1955, John Murray *''Drama and Imagery in English Medieval Churches'', 1963, Cambridge U.P. *''Grey Sisters'', 1972, Chatto and Windus *''A saint at stake: the strange death of William of Norwich 1144'', 1964, Faber *''History by the Highway'', 1967, Faber & Faber, 1967 *''The Changeling Niobid'', 1969, Chatto & Windus *''History and imagery in British churches'', 1971, J. Murray

Poetry

* ''Bow Bells are Silent''

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1943, Williams & Norgate * Her poem 'The Black-Out' published in ''Peace and War: A Collection of Poems'', edited by Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark (1989), p. 97 * Her poem 'The Time of Dunkirk' in ''Shadows of War, British Women's Poetry of the Second World War'', ed. Anne Powell (Sutton Publishing, 1999), p. 41

References

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Personal life

Archive

Selected works

Academic writing

Poetry

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