Frances Rossiter

Frances Tripp 'Fanny' Rossiter (nee Seares) (31 March 1833 - 25 September 1905)

Frances had got to know the painter Charles Rossiter, and he taught her drawing and painting. They married on 28 April 1860 and had three sons and two daughters.

Her first painting to be exhibited, Baby, was shown at the Liverpool Academy in 1862. After an illness, she switched to drawing or painting watercolours of birds, and her work began to be exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1866. In total she exhibited 48 pictures in London (12 of which were at the Royal Academy).

In 1872, Frances and Charles moved to Uppingham, Rutland, so he could take up a position as an art teacher at Uppingham School. Frances's work was still being exhibited in 1874, then peters out afterwards.

Frances died in 1905 in Uppingham, Rutland.

Works Yellowhammer (1866) Chaffinch and Skylark (1866) Bullfinch, Bramblefinch, Goldfinch and Siskin (1867) The Maiden's Prayer (1867) - oil painting Springtime (1868) - oil painting Wheatear, Bramblefinch and Hen Chaffinch (1868) Greenfinch and Chaffinch (1869) Blue Tit and Arbutus Berries (1869) Lark and Coal Tit (1870) Yellowhammer and Blue Tit (1870) Chaffinch and Reed Sparrow (1870) Nuthatch and Blue Tit (1871) Peewit (1872) Blue Tits (exhibited 1884)