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| Husband: | (unknown) | |
| Wife: | Frances PICKARD (1826- ) | |
| Children: | Ann PICKARD (1849- ) | |
| Status: | Unknown | |
| Name: | Frances PICKARD | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | James PICKARD (1782-1854) | |
| Mother: | Mary HEARD (1789-1876) | |
| Birth | 1826 | Northam, Devon, England |
| Baptism | 30 Jan 1826 (age 0) | Northam, Devon, England1 |
| Northam Town | ||
| Occupation | 1849 (age 22-23) | General Domestic Servant; Northam, Devon, England |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 25) | Brixton, London, England2 |
| Cedar Lodge, Old Harbour Lane, Adelphi Place | ||
| Occupation | 30 Mar 1851 (age 24-25) | General Domestic Servant; Brixton, London, England2 |
| Census | 7 Apr 1861 (age 30) | St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England3 |
| 36 Clapham Rise | ||
| Occupation | 7 Apr 1861 (age 34-35) | cook; St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England3 |
| Name: | Ann PICKARD4 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 1849 | Northam, Devon, England4 |
| Baptism | 4 May 1849 (age 0) | Northam, Devon, England |
| Census | 30 Mar 1851 (age 2) | Northam, Devon, England4 |
| Cross Street | ||
| Census | 2 Apr 1871 (age 20) | Poplar, London, England5 |
| 53 Sussex St South Side | ||
| Occupation | 2 Apr 1871 (age 21-22) | General Domestic Servant; Poplar, London, England5 |
In 1861 Frances was cook in the household of artist and illustrator George Cattermole. He was born in 1800 at Dickleburgh, near Diss, Norfolk. At the age of fourteen he began working as an architectural and topographical draughtsman for the antiquary John Britton. Afterwards he contributed designs to be engraved in the annuals then so popular, then progressed into watercolour painting, becoming an associate of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1822, and a full member in 1833. In 1850 he withdrew from active connection with this society, and took to painting in oil. His most fertile period was between 1833 and 1850. At the Paris Exhibition of 1855 he received one of the five first-class gold medals awarded to British painters. He also enjoyed professional honours in Amsterdam and in Belgium. Among his leading works are The Murder of the Bishop of Liege,The Armourer relating the Story of the Sword,The Assassination of the Regent Murray by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh, and (in oil) A Terrible Secret.
He was largely employed by publishers, illustrating the Cathedral Antiquities of England produced by John Britton,the Waverley Novels, and the Historical Annual of his brother Richard Cattermole (his scenes from the wars of Cavaliers and Roundheads in this series are among his best engraved works), and many other volumes besides. He collaborated on illustrations for Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop and Barnaby Rudge. He was a friend of Charles Dickens and many other literary and artistic figures. Cattermole specialized in rendering scenes of chivalry, of medievalism, and generally of the romantic aspects of the past.
Cattermole died in 1868, and is buried in West Norwood Cemetery, near the tomb of his first employer John Britton. When Frances was working for the family in 1861, as well as Cattermole and his wife, there were nine children living in the house, ranging from aged 20 to aged 3.
| 1 | Parish births and baptisms. Northam & Appledore. Cit. Date: 30 January 1826. |
| 2 | Text From Source: Census England 1851 Address: Cedar Lodge, Old Harbour Lane, Adelphi Place Place: Brixton, London, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Frances Pickard,Servant,Unm,F,25,servant,Northam, Devon, England, Frances was a servant in the household of leather manufacturer George Bevington, 44, of Bermondsey, and his wife. |
| 3 | Text From Source: Census England 1861 Address: 36 Clapham Rise Place: St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Frances Pickard,Servant,Unm,F,30,cook,Northam, Devon, England, Frances was cook, and one of three servants in the Lambeth household of artists and illustrator, George Cattermole. |
| 4 | Text From Source: Census England 1851 Address: Cross Street Place: Northam, Devon, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity James Pickard,Head,Mar,M,66,farmer (3 acres),Parkham, Devon, England, Mary Pickard,Wife,Mar,F,60,,Hartland, Devon, England, Thomas Pickard,Grandson,Unm,M,9,scholar,Northam, Devon, England, Ann Pickard,Granddaughter,Unm,F,2,,Northam, Devon, England, James Chope,Lodger,Unm,M,30,shipwright,Bideford, Devon, England, |
| 5 | Text From Source: Census England 1871 Address: 53heard Sussex St South Side Place: Poplar, London, England Name,Relation,Condition,Sex,Age,Occupation,Where Born,Infirmity Mary Pickard,Head,Wid,F,80,housekeeper,Devon, England, Ann Pickard,Granddaughter,Unm,F,20,domestic servant,Devon, England, |