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Mabel Alington Royds (British 1874-1971
A painter known more today for her colourful woodcuts and being the wife of the etcher Ernest Lumsden,
she trained at the Slade and in Paris under Sickert. She taught art in Canada and in Edinburgh before
marrying Lumsden in 1913. She accompanied him on his trips to Indian and Tibet befor returning to teach in
Edinbrgh in 1918. She used sixpenny Woolworths breadboards to produce a body of 61 prints, mainly Indian
subjects and flowers. Garton lists and illustrates them all in Catalogue 28 (1984).
Marjorie.
Colour woodcut 152x55mm. MB61
A late work, probably 1930's and uneditioned.
The subject is her daughter, Marjorie Barton and this copy is from her own collection of her mothers work.
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