Florence Eliza Haig
(1855-1952), Painter and suffragetteArtist associated with 1 portrait
Artist and suffragette, Haig joined the Women's Social and Political Union and founded a branch in Edinburgh with her sister Evelyn in 1907. The painter was arrested and imprisoned for six weeks following the 'pantechnicon raid' of 11 February 1908. Drawing comparisons with the myth of the Trojan Horse, a van entered the grounds of the House of Commons filled with campaigners who jumped out attempting to gain entry into the Commons. In 1912, Haig was given a four-month sentence for smashing windows during the window smashing campaign on Oxford Street. After going on hunger strike in protest, she was released four days later. In 1934 she became a member of the Society of Women Artists.
by Henry Dixon & Son, after Florence Eliza Haig
photograph of pastel, circa 1893-1910
NPG D39602
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Nicholas Wightwick
11 April 2016, 09:36
Florence Haig was my great aunt. At the end of her life she lived in a mansion flat off Maida Vale with her sister Eva. In our family house there are several portraits of other family members painted by her. We only have sketchy details of her activities in the Women's' Suffrage movement but she and her sister and several other cousins were closely involved. She made a living as a portrait painter and was very successful. Apart from family members whom, presumably, she did not charge I have not seen any other examples of her work. Her sister, Eva, painted portrait miniatures and was also very accomplished.
Janice Helland
13 January 2016, 17:36
Dates for Florence E. Haig 1855-1952. Florence Eliza Haig was born in Marylebone, London in 1855; she died in London in 1952. Painted in Scotland. Birth/death information obtained from the Record Office. She lived in Edinburgh off and on with relatives on her mother's side of the family.
Amanda Maundrell
04 June 2018, 21:46
Florence Haig was my husband's great, great aunt, I think. We have a number of her portraits. One self portrait, a painting of Evelyn? and a painting of her nephew Wolsey a young lieutenant in the Royal Scots who was killed in the great war. We also have a lovely painting of what looks like a French mill.