Rhoda Wager (10 March 1875 – 1953) was a British jewellery designer who later settled in Australia.
She was born on 10 March 1875 in Mile End, London, one of five children of George Wager a warehouseman, and his wife Jane Annabella, née James.[1]
Wager grew up in Bristol, and studied there at a local art school, then trained in drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 to 1903.[1] She also made jewellery with Bernard Cuzner.[1]
In 1913, Wager moved to Fiji, where she to lived on her brother's sugar plantation.[1] In 1918, she moved to Sydney,Australia.[1][2]
In March 1920, she married Percy G. Ashton, son of Julian Ashton CBE (1851–1942), an English-born Australian artist.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Schofield, Anne. "Rhoda Wager (1875–1953)". Wager, Rhoda (1875–1953). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ a b "Sister artists". News. Vol. V, no. 644. South Australia. 17 August 1925. p. 5 (Home addition). Retrieved 10 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.