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Marianne Croker (1791–1854) was an English watercolour painter and author of the 19th century.
Early life
Croker was born as Marianne Nicholson. Croker's father was Francis Nicholson, a leading watercolourist. Croker had a brother, Alfred.Template:Sfn
Career
Some time after 1818, Croker and her brother Alfred made the acquaintance of Thomas Crofton Croker, then a civil servant with antiquarian interests. The three made a number of trips to the south of Ireland to gather material for a proposed publication – Researches in the South of Ireland (1824) – to which Marianne contributed illustrations.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
In Marianne, Thomas Croker found a partner who shared his interests and talents, and the two made numerous visits to Ireland in support of Thomas's later publications dealing with Celtic folklore.Template:Sfn Marianne's extensive contributions to Thomas's work are largely unacknowledged.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Croker was the author of two books, Barney Mahoney and My Village Versus Our Village – both published at her request under her husband's name.Template:Sfn She also exhibited a number of landscape paintings.Template:Sfn
Personal life
In 1830, Croker married Thomas Crofton Croker, a civil servant with interests in antiquity. They had one child, Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, an amateur antiquary and poet.Template:Sfn
On 6 October 1854, Croker died in England, two months after the death of her husband.Template:Sfn She was buried at Brompton Cemetery in London (in the same grave as her husband) on 10 October.[1][2]
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- ↑ Template:Cite web(Marianne Croker, burial register 9591, Year of death: 1854, Date of burial: 10 October 1854)
- ↑ Template:Cite web