Mabel Lee Hankey

Mabel Lee Hankey
Born Mabel Emily Hobson
1867
Bath, Somerset
Died 1943
Nationality British
Known for Miniature art
Spouse(s) William Lee Hankey

Mabel Lee Hankey, née Mabel Emily Hobson, (1867-1943) was a British artist specialising in miniature portraits painted in watercolour on ivory.

Family and early life

Hankey was born Mabel Emily Hobson, the fourth child of the artists Henry Edrington Hobson (1819-1881) and Ada Vinson Hardy (1829-1911). She was part of the third generation of artists in the family: both her grandfathers, Henry Hobson and James Hardy, were also artists. Mabel's siblings were also employed as artists: Henry Hope Hobson as a draftsman, Amy Elizabeth Hobson as a portrait painter, and Cecil James Hobson also as a painter of miniature portraits in watercolor on ivory.[1]

Marriage

In 1896 Hobson married William Lee Hankey (1869-1952), an artist who worked on book illustrations, character studies, landscapes, and pastoral scenes. After changing her name to Mabel Lee Hankey, she was listed variously under Lee Hankey, Lee-Hankey, or Hankey in catalogues. The marriage ended in divorce after 21 years, and thereafter Hankey used the name Mabel Emily Hankey.[1]

Career

Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill, by Mabel Lee Hankey

Hankey exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Miniature Society from 1889 to 1897 under her maiden name (Mabel Emily Hobson), and again from 1898-1914 under the name Mabel Lee Hankey.[1][2]

Hankey painted widely for aristocratic families but is perhaps best known for her portraits of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. In 1907, Lady Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne commissioned a watercolour miniature portrait of her daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, later Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, which Hankey exhibited at the Royal Academy and is now in the Royal Collection.[3][4][5] Hankey went on to paint Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon a number of times from childhood to adulthood and also her brother, David Bowes-Lyon, in 1916.[1][6][7][8] Most significantly, Lady Strathmore commissioned a miniature portrait in 1917 which was then framed in gold and silver set with sapphires with a jeweled crown at the top. The portrait was a wedding gift to Prince Albert, Duke of York on his marriage to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.[9][10]

Work in public collections

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Tormey, Michael. "Mabel Lee Hankey | Michael's Museum". michaelsmuseum.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  2. ↑ "Index". chronicle250.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  3. ↑ "Mabel Lee Hankey colour etching circa 1910 - portrait a pensive woman | #539353463". Worthpoint. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  4. 1 2 "In pictures: The Queen Mother's Collection". 2006-03-14. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  5. ↑ "Painting of the Day: A Watercolor of The Queen Mother as a Girl, 1907". stalkingthebelleepoque.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  6. ↑ "Mabel Emily Hobson Hankey - Artist Biography for Mabel Emily Hobson Hankey". www.askart.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  7. ↑ Shawcross, William (2009). Queen Elizabeth: The Queen Mother : the Official Biography. Macmillan. ISBN 9781405048590.
  8. ↑ Bousfield, Arthur; Toffoli, Garry (2002-04-01). Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900-2002: The Queen Mother and Her Century. Dundurn. ISBN 9781459714335.
  9. ↑ "Early Portraits of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later became the "Queen Mum" of Britain". Royal History. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  10. 1 2 "Mary Evans Picture Library - Client Update". www.maryevans.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  11. ↑ "In pictures: The Queen Mother's Collection". 2006-03-14. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  12. ↑ "ROYAL Art". Getty Images. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  13. ↑ "Victorian women | John Rylands Library Special Collections Blog". rylandscollections.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  14. ↑ "Luxury and Charity – Lady Cornelia of Canford". Poole Museum Society Blog. 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  15. ↑ Ltd, e3 Media. "Alice Frances Theodora Wythes, Marchioness of Bristol (1875-1957) 851919". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  16. ↑ Ltd, e3 Media. "Lady Violet Ida Evelyn Lane-Fox, 16th Baroness Darcy of Nayth, Countess of Powis (1865-1929) 1180763". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  17. ↑ (Hons), Claire Russell BA. "Miniature society history". www.royal-miniature-society.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
  18. ↑ "Summer Days". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
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