Mary Linwood was a teacher all of her adult life. She would have learnt art and embroidery from her mother, Hannah.
Mary Linwood owned oil and watercolour paintings as well as drawings, prints and other artworks.
She used these as teaching resources as well as design sources for her embroidery. She was skilled at drawing and painting and taught her pupils these skills as well as more academic subjects.
Teaching and Learning Gallery
Mary Linwood's sketchbook
Flowers, artist unknown, around 1800
This embroidery was done by a pupil of the Linwood school.
This embroidery was done by a pupil of the Linwood school.
Shepherd's Boy in a Storm, Mary Linwood, before 1801
Based on a painting by Thomas Gainsborough Leicester Museums & Galleries, purchased from Sotheby & Co, 1956
Based on a painting by Thomas Gainsborough Leicester Museums & Galleries, purchased from Sotheby & Co, 1956
Charlotte at Werther's Tomb, attributed to Mary Linwood, after 1783
Design from a popular print Leicester Museums & Galleries, purchased from Christies, 1985
Design from a popular print Leicester Museums & Galleries, purchased from Christies, 1985
Connected Threads (left), multiple makers, 2024 - 2025
Over 250 women have contributed to this collective artwork made from wool threads, twisted into cords and joined together. Each thread symbolises women stitchers whose names are not remembered.
Over 250 women have contributed to this collective artwork made from wool threads, twisted into cords and joined together. Each thread symbolises women stitchers whose names are not remembered.