Baptism date 31 Jul 1768 St Martin-In-The-Fields, daur. of John & Elizabeth Flaxman
∼English artist. She lived in the shadow of her brilliant elder brother, the sculptor and illustrator, John Flaxman. She worked for some time as a governess, but then became an artist. In 1803 William Hayley's poem The Triumphs of Temper was published, with six illustrations by Mary Flaxman, engraved by William Blake. From 1810 she lived with her brother and his wife, and they are all buried together.Baptism date 31 Jul 1768 St Martin-In-The-Fields, daur. of John & Elizabeth Flaxman
∼English artist. She lived in the shadow of her brilliant elder brother, the sculptor and illustrator, John Flaxman. She worked for some time as a governess, but then became an artist. In 1803 William Hayley's poem The Triumphs of Temper was published, with six illustrations by Mary Flaxman, engraved by William Blake. From 1810 she lived with her brother and his wife, and they are all buried together.Inscription
Here rest the mortal remains of
Ann Flaxman,
The virtuous and beloved wife of
John Flaxman, R.A.P.S.,
Whose soul returned to the
Almighty Creator and Blessed Redeemer
On the 7th of February,
In the year of Our Lord, 1820,
And the 60th year of her age.
Under the same stone Is interred her husband,
John Flaxman, R.A.P.S.,
Whose mortal life
Was a constant preparation
For a blessed immortality.
His angelic spirit returned to the Divine Giver
On the 7th of December, 1826,
In the 72nd year of his age.
Also in the same vault
Are deposited the mortal remains of
Mary Ann Flaxman,
Sister of the above John Flaxman,
Whose gentle spirit returned to the Divine Giver
On the 17th of April, 1833, in the 65th year of her age.
Gravesite Details
The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex Vol II - Cansick 1872.
Inscription from St. Giles' Cemetery, King's Road. Now part of St Pancras Gardens.
