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The *Watts Mortuary Chapel*, designed Mary Fraser Tytler

Mary Seton Fraser Tytler (married name Mary Seton Watts) (1849 – 1938) was a symbolist craftswoman, designer and social reformer.

Biography

Born in India, she was the daughter of Charles Edward Fraser Tytler of Balnain and Aldourie, but spent much of her youth in Scotland and settled in England in the 1860s.

Trained at the Slade and South Kensington School of Art,^[1] she initially became known as a portrait painter, and was associated with Julia Margaret Cameron and the Freshwater community. There she met painter George Frederic Watts and at the age of 36 (he was 69), became his second wife on 20 November 1886 in Epsom, Surrey.

After her marriage, she largely worked in the fields of Celtic and Art Nouveau bas-reliefs, pottery, metalwork and textiles. She co-founded the Compton Potters' Arts Guild and the Arts & Crafts Guild in Compton, Surrey, England. She designed, built and maintained the Watts Mortuary Chapel in Compton (1895); and had built and maintained the Watts Gallery (1903-04) for the preservation of her husband's work.

Tytler worked to create employment for impoverished people through the preservation of rural handicrafts, as well as trained workers in clay modelling for the Compton Potters' Guild and the work executed on the Watts Mortuary Chapel. She was a firm believer in the idea that anyone given the opportunity could produce things of beauty and that everyone should have a craft within which they could express themselves creatively. She supported the revival of the Celtic style, the indigenous artistic expression of Scotland and Ireland. In 1899, she was asked to design rugs in this style for the carpet company Alexander Morton & Co of Darvel, Liberty's main producer of furnishing fabrics. In cooperation with the Congested Districts Board, Morton had established a workshop in Donegal, Ireland, to employ local women, who had very little opportunity of earning a livelihood.

Mary pioneered Liberty's Celtic style, with much of the imagery for the Celtic Revival carpets, book-bindings, metalwork and textiles for Liberty & Co. being based on her earlier designs at the Watts Mortuary Chapel.

Watts Mortuary Chapel

Chapel view showing campanile
Chapel, showing in foreground terracotta grave marker made in the Compton pottery
Watts mortuary chapel
The door
The altar
The ceiling
Chapel ceiling apex showing the 4 seraphs
Chapel showing 1 of 4 embrasures, 2 of 4 seraphs, 6 of 24 angels (half face you and half face away) and the medallions. At front is the altar
Tree of life, girdle of the earth and angels

References

Barbara Coffey Bryant, "Watts, George Frederic (1817–1904)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 accessed 30 Dec 2006
Franklin Gould, Veronica Mary Seton Watts - Unsung Heroine of the Art Nouveau (1998) ISBN 978-0951581124

Notes

^ "Compton Potter's Arts Guild". meridiangallery.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

External links

[1] "Compton Potter's Arts Guild". meridiangallery.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-19.

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-[[File:Wattscemeterychapel.jpg|thumb|The ''Watts Mortuary Chapel'', designed Mary Fraser Tytler]]
+[[Image:Wattscemeterychapel.jpg|thumb|right|The ''Watts Mortuary Chapel'', designed Mary Fraser Tytler]]
-'''Mary Seton Fraser Tytler''' (married name '''Mary Seton Watts''') (1849 – 1938) was a [[symbolist]] craftswoman, designer and social reformer.  She was born in [[India]], the daughter of Charles Edward Fraser Tytler of Balnain and Aldourie, but spent much of her youth in [[Scotland]] and settled in [[England]] in the 1860s.
+'''Mary Seton Fraser Tytler''' (married name '''Mary Seton Watts''') (1849 – 1938) was a [[symbolist]] craftswoman, designer and social reformer.
+==Biography==
-She was known as a [[portrait]] painter, and was associated with [[Julia Margaret Cameron]] and the [[Freshwater, Isle of Wight|Freshwater]] community. There she met painter [[George Frederic Watts]] and at the age of 36 (he was 69), became his second wife on [[20 November]] [[1886]] in [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]].
+Born in [[India]], she was the daughter of Charles Edward Fraser Tytler of Balnain and Aldourie, but spent much of her youth in [[Scotland]] and settled in [[England]] in the 1860s.
+Trained at the [[South Kensington School of Art|Slade and South Kensington School of Art]],<ref>{{citeweb|url=http://www.meridiangallery.co.uk/Art-Pottery/figures/compton.htm|title=Compton Potter's Arts Guild|publisher=meridiangallery.co.uk|accessdate=2008-12-19}}</ref> she initially became known as a [[portrait]] painter, and was associated with [[Julia Margaret Cameron]] and the [[Freshwater, Isle of Wight|Freshwater]] community. There she met painter [[George Frederic Watts]] and at the age of 36 (he was 69), became his second wife on [[20 November]] [[1886]] in [[Epsom]], [[Surrey]].
-After her marriage, she largely worked in the fields of [[Celt]]ic and [[Art Nouveau]] bas-reliefs, [[pottery]], [[metalwork]] and textiles. She co-founded the [[Compton Potters' Arts Guild]] and the [[Arts & Crafts Guild]] in [[Compton, Surrey]], [[England]].  She designed, built and maintained the [[Watts Mortuary Chapel]] in Compton (1895); and had built and maintained the [[Watts Gallery]] (1903-04) for the preservation of her husband's work.
+After her marriage, she largely worked in the fields of [[Celt|Celtic]] and [[Art Nouveau]] bas-reliefs, [[pottery]], [[metalwork]] and textiles. She co-founded the [[Compton Potters' Arts Guild]] and the [[Arts & Crafts Guild]] in [[Compton, Surrey]], [[England]].  She designed, built and maintained the [[Watts Mortuary Chapel]] in Compton (1895); and had built and maintained the [[Watts Gallery]] (1903-04) for the preservation of her husband's work.
-Mary worked to create employment for impoverished people through the preservation of rural handicrafts, as well as trained workers in clay modelling for the [[Compton Potters' Guild]] and the work executed on the [[Watts Mortuary Chapel]].  She was a firm believer in the idea that anyone given the opportunity could produce things of beauty and that everyone should have a craft within which they could express themselves creatively.  She supported the revival of the Celtic style, the indigenous artistic expression of [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]].  In 1899, she was asked to design rugs in this style for the carpet company Alexander Morton & Co of Darvel, Liberty's main producer of furnishing fabrics.  In cooperation with the [[Congested Districts Board for Ireland|Congested Districts Board]], Morton had established a workshop in [[Donegal]], Ireland, to employ local women, who had very little opportunity of earning a livelihood.
+Tytler worked to create employment for impoverished people through the preservation of rural handicrafts, as well as trained workers in clay modelling for the Compton Potters' Guild and the work executed on the Watts Mortuary Chapel.  She was a firm believer in the idea that anyone given the opportunity could produce things of beauty and that everyone should have a craft within which they could express themselves creatively.  She supported the revival of the Celtic style, the indigenous artistic expression of [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]].  In 1899, she was asked to design rugs in this style for the carpet company Alexander Morton & Co of Darvel, Liberty's main producer of furnishing fabrics.  In cooperation with the [[Congested Districts Board for Ireland|Congested Districts Board]], Morton had established a workshop in [[Donegal]], Ireland, to employ local women, who had very little opportunity of earning a livelihood.
-Mary pioneered Liberty's Celtic style, with much of the imagery for the [[Celtic Revival]] carpets, book-bindings, metalwork and textiles for [[Liberty]] being based on her earlier designs at the [[Watts Mortuary Chapel]].
+Mary pioneered Liberty's Celtic style, with much of the imagery for the [[Celtic Revival]] carpets, book-bindings, metalwork and textiles for [[Liberty & Co.]] being based on her earlier designs at the Watts Mortuary Chapel.
 ==Watts Mortuary Chapel==
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-==Sources==
+==References==
 *Barbara Coffey Bryant, "Watts, George Frederic (1817–1904)", ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36781, accessed 30 Dec 2006]
 *Franklin Gould, Veronica ''Mary Seton Watts - Unsung Heroine of the Art Nouveau'' (1998) ISBN 978-0951581124
+===Notes===
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
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