Mary V. Wheelhouse

Mary Vermuyden Wheelhouse (12 December 1867 – ) was an English painter, illustrator, toymaker and suffragist. She was a member of organisations including the Women's International Art Club (WIAC) and the Artists' Suffrage League (ASL).

Early life and education Wheelhouse was born on 12 December 1867 in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She was the youngest of three sisters and her elder sister Ethel Hamerton Wheelhouse (born 1865) became a professional violinist.

Her father was physician at Leeds Public Dispensary and photographer Claudius Galen Wheelhouse, who became the president of the council of the British Medical Association.

Career From 1900, Wheelhouse lived in Chelsea with the artist Louise Jacobs. Wheelhouse and Jacobs dissolved their toy making partnership in 1922, but Wheelhouse continued the company until just before the outbreak of World War II. Her works were exhibited in group exhibitions, including at the Baillie Gallery in 1912. Wheelhouse created political cartoons for the ASL, such as "Those who ask shan’t have, those who don’t ask don’t want," which were published as postcards.

Works illustrated include May Baldwin's Holly House and Ridges Row, W. & R. Chambers, London, 1908 Louisa M Alcott's "Good Wives", G. Bell & Sons, London, 1911 Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre", G. Bell & Sons, London, 1911

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