About Caroline Watts
Lived 1868 – 1919 (aged 50–51). Caroline Watts was a British draftsperson, painter, illustrator and artist.
Caroline Marsh Watts (1868–1919) was a British painter. She was born in Handsworth, now part of Birmingham, and died at Colehill in Dorset.
Watts and her sister lived in Godalming in 1911 and had moved to Colehill, Dorset by 1918.
Selection of book illustrations Gottfried von Straßburg: The Story of Tristan and Iseult. Translated from the German by Jessie L. Weston. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. 1899 Guingamor, Launfal, Tyolet, The were-wolf. Translated from the French by Jessie Laidley Weston. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. Nutt, London. 1900 Marie de France: Seven of her Lays. Translated from the French by Edith Rickert. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. Nutt, London. 1901 Arthur Herbert Leahy (Publisher): The Courtship of Ferb : an old Irish romance; transcribed in the twelfth century into the Book of Leinster. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. Nutt, London. 1902 Sir Cleges; Sir Libeaus Desconus: two old English metrical romances. Prose by Jessie L. Weston. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. Nutt, London. 1902 Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Christabel. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. J.M. Dent, London. 1904 Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle. Translated from the French by Jessie L. Weston. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. 1904 Katharine Tynan: The wild harp: a selection from Irish poetry. Illustrations by Caroline Watts. London. 1913
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Who was Caroline Watts?
British illustrator
When was Caroline Watts born?
Caroline Watts was born in 1868 in Handsworth.
When did Caroline Watts die?
Caroline Watts died in 1919 in Colehill.
What was Caroline Watts's occupation?
Caroline Watts was a draftsperson, painter, illustrator and artist.
What nationality was Caroline Watts?
Caroline Watts was British.
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