About Caroline Valpy
Lived 1804 – 1884 (aged 79–80). Caroline Valpy was a New Zealand painter.
Caroline Penelope Valpy (née Jeffreys; 1804 – 30 October 1884) was a British-New Zealand artist.
Biography Caroline Valpy was born Caroline Penelope Jeffreys in Kanpur, India in 1804 to Reverend Richard Jeffreys, chaplain to the East India Company. She was sister to Reverend Charles Jeffreys. Valpy married William Henry Valpy in India.
They moved to England in 1837, before coming to Dunedin, New Zealand aboard the Ajax in 1849. They lived at Forbury, Dunedin, They are described as having filled numerous notebooks with drawings and watercolours. Valpy's artwork is represented in the Otago Early Settlers' Association, Dunedin.
She died on 30 October 1884 in Mornington and is buried in Dunedin Southern Cemetery with her daughter Arabella Valpy and granddaughter, Jessie Mackworth.
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Caroline Valpy was born in 1804.
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Caroline Valpy died on 30 October 1884.
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Caroline Valpy was a painter.
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