Robina Esme Roberts (13 December 1911 – 1995) was a British artist, best known for her poster designs.[1]

Early life

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She was born on 13 December 1911[2] (or possibly 8 December 1912),[3] and raised in Sleaford, Lincolnshire.[1] Roberts trained in Vienna and Munich.[1]

Career

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Roberts created book covers, illustrations and Art Deco designs.[1] Many examples of her work are on show in the Sleaford Museum.[1]

Her 1934 and 1935 Art Deco posters advertising steamer cruises to the Royal Dock are in the permanent collection of the London Transport Museum.[4][5]

Personal life

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In 1939, she married George Gordon Jeudwine (1913–1954) in Kensington, London, and they moved to Rauceby, Lincolnshire.[1][6] He was the son of George Gordon Jeudwine and Alice Mildred Phelps, and the grandson of George Wynne Jeudwine (1849–1933). On his death on 20 October 1954, he was a solicitor of Peake, Snow & Jeudwine, 5 Market Street, Sleaford, and was living at Eastgate House, Sleaford.[7]

In 1959, as Robina Jeudwine a now single woman, she travelled on a Compañía Transatlántica Española ship to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.[3] She died in 1995 in Gloucestershire.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Hubbert, Andy (1 September 2023). "Sleaford Museum looks at town's artists". Lincolnshire World. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007". Family Search. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b "United Kingdom, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 1890-1960". Family Search. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Poster, The port of London, by Esme Roberts, 1934". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Poster; Steamer cruises, by Esme Roberts, 1935". London Transport Museum. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  6. ^ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005". Family Search. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Death Notices" (PDF). London Gazette. 8 April 1955. Retrieved 16 November 2024.