Margaret Seguier

Margaret Seguier née Stewart (1795-1870) was a British miniature painter.

Biography

Seguier was the eldest daughter of Anthony Stewart, 1773–1846, a portrait and miniature painter from Crieff in Perthshire and of Janet Weir whose father, Alexander Weir, was also a painter.[1][2] Their father taught both Margaret and her younger sister, Grace Campbell Stewart, to paint.[1][2] Margaret is praised in contemporary accounts for her portrait miniatures but no artistic record or specific attributions exist.[2] Margaret married John Seguier, 1785–1856, who was a picture restorer and supintendent at the British Institution. They had a son, Peter Seguier who became a successful author, writing A Critical and Commercial Dictionary of the Work of Painters.[1]

References

1. HCG Matthew & Brian Harrison (Editors) (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Vol 52 (Spruce-Strakosch). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-861402-0.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Peter J.M. McEwan (1994). The Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1 85149 134 1.