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Mary Frances Vivian Lobb (1878 – 1939) was an English Land Army volunteer and life companion to the English designer May Morris for 22 years.
What this exhibition succeeds in doing is showing Mary before May, the unstoppable Miss Lobb, large-locomotive-loving, steam-roller-driving, dog-cuddling powerhouse. A big, powerful, confident woman who takes no nonsense from anyone?
- Kirsty Stonell Walker
11 de ene. de 2023 · Mary Lobb cuts an unusual figure for the time and might be considered as ‘butch’ by today’s standards. She was often seen in ‘knickerbockers’ (trousers) and with short, cropped hair. May Morris and Mary Lobb in Wales (circa 1926).
26 de mar. de 2024 · William Morris looms large in British literary history, for his own writing, his politics, and his radical impact on others. His birth on 24 March 1834 was followed exactly 28 years and 1 day later by that of his second daughter, Mary “May” Morris on 25 March 1862.
20 de jul. de 2022 · In 1917, while living at her family’s manor in Kelmscott, England, she met Mary Lobb, with whom she shared a love of nature and animals. Lobb moved into Morris’ manor not long after as her gardener and became her companion for the remainder of her life.
Her companion at Kelmscott from 1917 until her death was Mary Lobb, a Land Army volunteer in the village. May Morris died at Kelmscott Manor on 17 October 1938. Embroidery Embroidered Altar frontal, executed by May Morris from a design by Philip Webb.
6 de oct. de 2017 · Mary Lobb — From Cornwall to Kelmscott: A Life Revealed. This eye-opening exhibition is the first to focus on Mary Frances Vivian Lobb (1878–1939), the companion of 22 years to May Morris while May lived at Kelmscott Manor (rural Oxfordshire).
