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Emily Grace Creswell
Born 1 June 1889
Ravenstone, Leicestershire, England
Died 1974 (aged 84–85)
Nationality British
Alma mater
  • University College, Reading
  • Leicester College of Art
Known for Portrait painting, miniatures

Emily Grace Creswell (born 1 June 1889 –1974) was a British artist, known for painting portraits and miniatures.

Biography

Creswell was born at Ravenstone in Leicestershire and attended University College, Reading before studying at a succession of art schools in Leicester, Harrogate and Leamington Spa. She also took lessons from the miniature painter Arthur Lindsay in London. Creswell exhibited with the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the Royal Miniature Society, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of Women Artists and elsewhere in England. She lived for most of her life in Leamington Spa and later at Harrogate.

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