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Letitia Marion Hamilton
Irish artist
Letitia Marion Hamilton | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1878-07-30)30 July 1878 Dunboyne, Ireland |
| Died | 11 August 1964(1964-08-11) (aged 86) Dublin, Ireland |
| Education | Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, Slade School of Fine Art |
Letitia Marion Hamilton (30 July 1878 – 11 August 1964) was an Irish landscape artist and Olympic bronze medallist.[1]
Life
Letitia Marion Hamilton was born in Hamwood House, County Meath on 30 July 1878.
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She was the daughter of Charles Robert Hamilton and Louisa Caroline Elizabeth Brooke. She attended Alexandra College. Letitia and her sister Eva were great-granddaughters of the artist Marianne-Caroline Hamilton, and cousins of watercolourist Rose Maynard Barton.
The sisters' father could only afford one dowry, so Letitia and Eva remained unmarried, with their artistic careers helping to support the household.[2] Both Hamilton and her sister studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School o