| Caroline Valpy | |
| Birth Name: | Caroline Penelope Jeffreys |
| Birth Place: | Kanpur, India |
| Death Place: | Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Children: | Ellen Jeffreys, Catherine Fulton, Arabella Valpy, Juliet Valpy, William Henry Valpy Jr. and Caroline Hensley |
| Spouse: | William Henry Valpy |
Caroline Penelope Valpy (née Jeffreys; 1804 – 30 October 1884) was a British-New Zealand artist.
Caroline Valpy was born Caroline Penelope Jeffreys in Kanpur, India in 1804 to Reverend Richard Jeffreys, chaplain to the East India Company.[1] [2] She was sister to Reverend Charles Jeffreys.[3] Valpy married William Henry Valpy in India. They had six children: Ellen Jeffreys, Catherine Fulton, Arabella Valpy, Juliet Valpy, William Henry Valpy, Jr. and Caroline Hensley.[4] [5]
They moved to England in 1837, before coming to Dunedin, New Zealand aboard the Ajax in 1849. [6] They lived at Forbury, Dunedin, close to the current suburban road, Valpy Street.
Valpy and her daughters, especially Ellen, were known to be talented artists.[7] They are described as having filled numerous notebooks with drawings and watercolours.[8] Valpy's artwork is represented in the Otago Early Settlers' Association, Dunedin. Valpy's artwork, Early Dunedin 1851, is also recorded as being reproduced in a 1948 calendar for July/August 1948.[9]
She died on 30 October 1884 in Mornington and is buried in Dunedin Southern Cemetery with her daughter Arabella Valpy and granddaughter, Jessie Mackworth.[10] [11]