donderdag 20 oktober 2016

MINNIE DIBDIN SPOONER

Minnie Dibdin Spooner (née Davison) (American artist) 1867 - 1949


Minnie Dibdin Spooner (née Davison) (American painter sculptor and designer) 1867 - 1949 Minnie Dibdin Spooner, known as Dinah, was married to Charles Spooner (1862-1938), an architect. In July 1900 they married, setting up house together in Chiswick Mall. They worked together on many projects as co-designers. 




A Carol for Christmas Eve by Unknown ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906




Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Lady Clare by Alfred Lord Tennyson ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906.  Yet here’s a kiss for my mother dear,  My mother dear, if this be so,  And lay your hand upon my head,  And bless me, mother, ere I go.:
Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Lady Clare by Alfred Lord Tennyson ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906. Yet here’s a kiss for my mother dear, My mother dear, if this be so, And lay your hand upon my head, And bless me, mother, ere I go.






Dr Adrian Fortesque
Dr Adrian Fortesque






Art by Minnie Dibdin Spooner (1906) from the book THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE.
Art by Minnie Dibdin Spooner (1906) from the book THE GOLDEN STAIRCASE.






Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare ~ The Golden Staircase ~ 1906 ~ via Archive.org
Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare ~ The Golden Staircase ~ 1906




Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field ~ The Golden Staircase ~ 1906 ~ via Archive.org
Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field ~ The Golden Staircase ~ 1906



Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Book Cover ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children ~ 1906 ~ via Archive.org
innie Dibdin Spooner ~ Book Cover ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children ~ 1906



Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Babes in the Woods by Unknown (16th Century) ~ The Golden Staircase ~ 1906 ~ via Archive.org
Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Babes in the Woods by Unknown (16th Century) ~ The Golden Staircase ~ 1906



“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Frontispiece and Title Page ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Good-Night and Good-Morning by Lord Houghton ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Good-Night and Good-Morning by Lord Houghton ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 



“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Lost Doll by Charles Kingsley ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Lost Doll by Charles Kingsley ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906



“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Lamb by William Blake ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Lamb by William Blake ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children,1906



“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Camel’s Hump by Rudyard Kipling ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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The Camel’s Hump by Rudyard Kipling ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906




“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Babes in the Woods by Unknown (16th Century) ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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The Babes in the Woods by Unknown (16th Century) ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 




“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Imps in the Heavenly Meadow by Kate Bunce ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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The Imps in the Heavenly Meadow by Kate Bunce ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906




“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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 Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children,1906 




“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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 The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906










“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 




“ Minnie Dibdin Spooner ~ Baby by George MacDonald ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children, 1906 ~ via Archive.org
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 Baby by George MacDonald ~ The Golden Staircase: Poems and Verses for Children,1906 







 Minnie Dibdin Davison Spooner (1867-1949) was a painter, a sculptor, and a designer. This article on her husband,Charles Spooner, a Scottish architect and designer






Looking for Minnie Dibden Spooner (nee Davison)


The last name mentioned here is not an artist represented in this collection, but I have been contacted by a visitor called Alec, who is researching Minnie Dibden Spooner (1867-1949) (also Dibdin, and nee Davison) and her husband the church architect, Charles Sidney Spooner, FRIBA (1862-1938).

He is seeking any information about Minnie and especially any examples of her miniatures. He has a comprehensive list of her exhibited works, exhibited under the name Minnie Dibdin Davison, but no images. Blattel records her as active in London between 1892-1927 and her memberships as RA, RMS, WAG, New G, and RHA.

Apart from some book illustrations, the only example of Minnie's work that Alec has been able to locate so far, is shown in this photograph. She painted the reredos at St Christopher’s church, Haslemere, Surrey. Her husband was the architect of this church (1902-4), and Minnie co-designed and executed some of the furnishings. She also made a sculpture of St Christopher which stood on an outside niche, but was, alas, stolen in 1990









The lady in the picure is the artist Minnie Dibdin Spooner nee Davison (1867-1949),  she is seen here in the garden of the home she shared with her husband, Charles Spooner (1862-1938) the architect whom she married in 1900
The lady in the picure is the artist Minnie Dibdin Spooner nee Davison (1867-1949), she is seen here in the garden of the home she shared with her husband, Charles Spooner (1862-1938) the architect whom she married in 1900




They Stripped Him of His Velvet and Feathers and Lace" - M. D. Spooner "A Staircase of Stories," chosen by Louey Chisholm and Amy Steedman, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920.:
They Stripped Him of His Velvet and Feathers and Lace" - M. D. Spooner "A Staircase of Stories," chosen by Louey Chisholm and Amy Steedman, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1920.



From The Lost Doll by Charles Kingsley by MD Spooner:
From The Lost Doll by Charles Kingsley by MD Spooner







The Toy Princess By M D Spooner:

















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