Mary Elizabeth Maud Chomley, OBE (1872–1960), was a charity worker, arts patron, feminist and amateur artist and described as the ‘divine angel of mercy’ for Australian prisoners of war during the First World War.
This watercolour landscape painting signed by M E Chomley in 1904 is thought to be by Mary Elizabeth Maud Chomley OBE (1872 – 1960).
Footnote & References
- Mary Elizabeth Maud Chomley OBE, 1872 – 1960, National Portrait Gallery, King Edward Terrace, Parkes, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia, https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/mary-elizabeth-maud-chomley-1872
- Mary Elizabeth Maude CHOMLEY, O.B.E., Entry posted by frev 8 August , 2018, Australian Stories, A blog by frev in Men and Women of the Great War, https://www.greatwarforum.org/blogs/entry/2271-mary-elizabeth-maude-chomley-obe/
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