Margaret F. Winner Explained

Margaret Ferguson Winner (1866 - December 21, 1937) was an illustrator, portrait painter, and miniaturist.^{[1] [2] [3]}

She was born and raised in Philadelphia and held a Fellowship at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.^[4] Musical composer Septimus Winner was her father.^[5]

As a painter, she completed 13 portraits for Dickinson College.^[5] The paintings she did of Dickinson presidents hung in Old West and Bosler Hall.^[6]

She painted a portrait of John Kirk McCurdy, a Rough Rider, that is part of the permanent collection at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.^{[7] [8]} She painted Supreme Court Justice Roger Brooke Taney, posthumously,^[5] and also painted a portrait of Dr. William Ruoff.^[9]

She lived at 1706 North 16th Street.^[5]

Her photograph appears in the book Septimus Winner: Two Lives in Music.^[10] She was a member of the Art Alliance and Plastic Club.^[4]

Books she illustrated

• Her Very Best (1901) by Amy E. Blanchard^[11]
• Dearie, Dot, and the Dog (1904) by Julie M. Lippmann
• Mistress Moppet (1904) by Annie M. Barnes^[12]

Notes and References

1. News: MISS M. F. WINNER, PORTRAIT PAINTER; Philadelphia Artist Is Dead at 71--Daughter of Writer of Well-Known Songs. The New York Times. December 22, 1937.
2. Web site: Arts Magazine. May 15, 1937. Art Digest Incorporated. Google Books.
3. Web site: Arts Magazine. June 22, 1937. Art Digest Incorporated. Google Books.
4. News: 1937-12-22 - Mgt Winner d. The Philadelphia Inquirer . December 22, 1937. 4. newspapers.com.
5. News: 1937-12-22 - Mgt Winner d. The Philadelphia Inquirer . December 22, 1937. 4. Philadelphia Inquirer at newspapers.com.
6. http://archives.dickinson.edu/sites/all/files/files-dmagazine/DCAM_015_3_0.pdf Dickinson Alumnus February 1938, Necrology page 24
7. Web site: John Kirk McCurdy. Smithsonian Institution.
8. Book: Barnes, Mark. The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection, 1898-1902: An Annotated Bibliography. September 13, 2010. Routledge. 9781136936982. Google Books.
9. Web site: Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture. Art Club of. Philadelphia. May 15, 1900. Morris Press. pages 21 and 99.
10. Book: Remson, Michael. Septimus Winner: Two Lives in Music. May 15, 2002. Scarecrow Press. 9780810845404. Google Books.
11. Web site: Image 9 of Her very best, Library of Congress. Library of Congress.
12. Web site: The American Monthly Review of Reviews. Albert. Shaw. May 15, 1904. Review of Reviews. Google Books.