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Maud Humphrey

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Author: Karen Choppa

Type: Hardback

ISBN: 9780887405402

Date: 7th January, 1997

Publisher: SCHIFFER PUBLISHING

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Maud Humphrey was one of the most popular illustrators in America at the turn of the century. Unfortunately, through the years, Maud's impact on American illustration was lost, until it seemed her only claim to fame was as the mother of Hollywood legend Humphrey Bogart. However, Maud's role on the American art scene was as remarkable as any role her son ever played on stage or screen. Today there is a resurgence of interest in Maud Humphrey's work, and that interest has prompted this book. It is a look at a young woman growing up in her. Maud went beyond the limitations to become an early suffragette; she maintained her art career even after marriage and a family. Many of her images grace the pages of this biography and bring her a
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Maud Humphrey

Biography

Maud Humphrey (Bogart) (1868 – 1940) was one of the most popular American commercial illustrators of the Victorian Era. Her portrayals of well-dressed, cherubic, rosy-cheeked children appeared in calendars, greeting cards, fashion magazines, and a variety of other publications. In an era when women were rarely represented in the business world, Humphrey was earning far more than her physician husband. Later in life, she gained recognition as the mother of famed Hollywood actor, Humphrey Bogart.

Born in an elite neighborhood of Rochester, New York, Humphrey was the daughter of John Perkins Humphrey and Frances V. Dewey Churchill. She was very proud of her family’s social prominence and retained her maiden name throughout her career.[1] At the age of 12, Humphrey began studying art with a family friend, Reverend James H. Dennis, who had attended the National Academy of Design. By the age of 16, she was producing illustrations for children’s magazines; and in 1885 she went to New York City to enroll in classes at the Art S

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Humphrey Maud

British diplomat

Sir Humphrey John Hamilton MaudKCMG (17 April 1934 – 10 November 2013) was a British diplomat.[1]

Life

Humphrey Maud was the son of the civil servant and diplomat John Redcliffe-Maud, Baron Redcliffe-Maud and his wife, the pianist Jean Hamilton.[1] He attended Eton College, where he was a favourite of Benjamin Britten - Britten dedicated The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra to Humphrey and his siblings - though Humphrey's father eventually intervened to stop him spending so much time with Britten during the holidays.[2]

Maud studied classics and history at King's College, Cambridge. After a year teaching classics at the University of Minnesota, he entered the Foreign Service in 1959.[1]

Maud was the British Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1982 to 1985, and the British Ambassador to Argentina from 1990 to 1993.[3] In 1993 he became Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General with responsibility for economic and social affairs,[1] holding the post until he retired in 199

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