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Mary Strange Reeve (9 January 189128 March 1974) was an English miniaturist, book illustrator, and commercial artist. Her most lasting work is probably her illustrations for girls' school stories.


Biography

Mary Strange Reeve was born at Walthamstow, Essex on 9 January 1891. Her father, Gilfrid Reeve, was a Brewer's Clerk, rising to the position of Brewer's Managing Clerk by 1911. Her mother was Alice Margaret Strange. Reeve was the third child of six. Reeve married Walter Deveson Reynolds (8 November 18862 April 1980) on 26 September 1931, at Saints Peter and Paul's Church in Chingford. In 1939 Reeve was living with her husband at Pemberley, 82 Tycehurst Hill, Loughton, Essex. She was still living at that address when she died on 28 March 1974, leaving an estate valued at £47,187. Her husband survived here by six years and was still living at Pemberley when he died on 2 April 1980. His estate was valued at &78,298.


Works

Reeve exhibited seven works at the Royal Academy between 1917 and 1926. She was on the staff of the Oxford University Press. The following bibliography is based on a search on the
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Further reading

The Spring 2017 issue of ''Studies in Illustration'' contained an article on Mary Strange Reeve by William Connelly.


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1891 births 1974 deaths 20th-century English painters 20th-century English women artists British women illustrators English women painters People from Walthamstow {{UK-artist-stub