50 pictures in total. Harrison's work became much sought after and she was known as the 'Rose and Primrose painter'. During her lifetime two of her works were purchased by Queen Victoria. Probably her best known work is "The History of a Primrose" (1862) executed in three panels representing 'Infancy, maturity, Decay'. She also provided some illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine. Mary worked up to the final day of her life, dying in Hampstead, London on 25 Nov. 1875, aged 88. Of her children, George Henry Harrison (1816–1846) was a professional landscape painter; the eldest son, William Frederick Harrison (1815–1880) was a good amateur painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy and other galleries. Two of her daughters, Maria (fl. 1845-93) and Harriet also became painters. See also English women painters from the early 19th century who exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art Sophie Gengembre Anderson Mary Baker Ann Charlotte Bartholomew Maria Bell Barbara Bodichon Joanna Mary Boyce Margaret Sarah Carpenter Fanny Corbaux Rosa Corder Mary Ellen Edwards Harriet Gouldsmith Jane Benham Hay Anna Mary Howitt Mary Moser Martha Darley Mutrie Ann Mary Newton Emily Mary Osborn Kate Perugini Louise Rayner Ellen Sharples Rolinda Sharples Rebecca Solomon Elizabeth Emma Soyer Isabelle de Steiger Henrietta Ward References Attribution External links Mary Harrison on artnet English women painters English watercolourists English illustrators Flower artists Artists from Liverpool 1788 births 1875 deaths Women watercolorists