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Mary Moser (1744-1819), Artist

Sitter associated with 5 portraits
Mary Moser trained with her father George Michael Moser (1706-83), a Swiss medallist and engraver. His connections and involvement in London's early art institutions helped his talented daughter. At fourteen, Mary won her first Society of Arts medal for her flower drawing. She then regularly exhibited flower pieces at the Society of Artists. Ambitious for professional status, in 1768 she became a founding member of the Royal Academy. Moser exhibited regularly, and became the leading flower painter of her time. Her greatest triumph was the royal commission of 1792 to decorate a room at Frogmore House for which she was paid a large fee.

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Mary Moser

by George Romney
oil on canvas, circa 1770-71
On display in Room 12 at the National Portrait Gallery
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The Academicians of the Royal Academy

by John Sanders, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
watercolour and ink, (1772)
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The Academicians of the Royal Academy

by Richard Earlom, after Johan Joseph Zoffany
mezzotint, published 1773
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Royal Academicians

by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
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Key to Royal Academicians

by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
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Art and Architecture
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Artists and artisans
Founders of the Royal Academy of Arts