Mary Moser
Timeline
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Born in London on October 27.
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Trained by her father.
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Wins first Society of Arts medal at age fourteen.
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Wins second Society of the Arts Medal age fifteen.
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Begins exhibiting oils and watercolors at the Society of Artists.
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Joins thirty-five other artists in forming the Royal Academy.
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Lives with her father at Craven Building.
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Begins exhibiting regularly in the annual Royal Academy.
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Appointed drawing instructor to Princess Elizabeth.
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Receives her last commission from Queen Charlotte, an ambitious floral decorative scheme for the queen's villa at Frogmore. Receives more than £900, and the room retains its name: Moser Room.
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Marries Captain Hugh Lloyd. Moser begins to exhibit work under her married name as an amateur.
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Stops exhibiting at the Royal Academy after showing a total of thirty-six works.
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Henry Fuseli nominates her as a candidate for president of the Royal Academy to replace Benjamin West.
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Suffers a stroke and becomes paralyzed on her right side.
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Dies on May 2 at age seventy-four.
