About Mary Anne Trotter
Lived 1752 – 1777 (aged 24–25). Mary Anne Trotter was a British painter and printmaker.
Marianne or Mary Anne Trotter (1752?–1777) was an Irish artist and engraver.
Life Marianne Trotter was born Marianne Hunter possibly in 1752. She was the daughter of the prominent portrait painter, Robert Hunter. She married the portrait painter, John Trotter, in December 1774. The couple had two daughters who were also artists, Eliza H. and Mary.
Trotter's first recorded exhibited painting was a self portrait shown with the Society of Artists in 1765, when she was 13. It was described as "her first attempt in colours". The Dublin Society awarded her four premiums for her portraits and history paintings. She exhibited as Mrs Trotter in 1775 and 1777. She died in 1777.
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Who was Mary Anne Trotter?
Irish painter (died 1777)
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Mary Anne Trotter was born in 1752.
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Mary Anne Trotter died in 1777.
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Mary Anne Trotter was a painter and printmaker.
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Mary Anne Trotter was British.
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