Margaret F. Winner

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Margaret Ferguson Winner (1866 - December 21, 1937) was an illustrator, portrait painter, and miniaturist. [1] [2] [3]

She was born and raised in Philadelphia and held a Fellowship at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. [4] Musical composer Septimus Winner was her father. [5]

As a painter, she completed 13 portraits for Dickinson College. [5] The paintings she did of Dickinson presidents hung in Old West and Bosler Hall. [6]

She painted a portrait of John Kirk McCurdy, a Rough Rider, that is part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. [7] [8] She painted Supreme Court Justice Roger Brooke Taney, posthumously, [5] and also painted a portrait of Dr. William Ruoff. [9]

She lived at 1706 North 16th Street. [5]

Her photograph appears in the book Septimus Winner: Two Lives in Music. [10] She was a member of the Art Alliance and Plastic Club. [4]

Books she illustrated

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References

  1. "MISS M. F. WINNER, PORTRAIT PAINTER; Philadelphia Artist Is Dead at 71--Daughter of Writer of Well-Known Songs". The New York Times. December 22, 1937.
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  6. http://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/files-dmagazine/DCAM_015_3_0.pdf Dickinson Alumnus February 1938, Necrology page 24
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