Caroline Valpy

Caroline Penelope Valpy (née Jeffreys; 1804 – 30 October 1884) was a British-New Zealand artist.

Caroline Valpy
Born	Caroline Penelope Jeffreys 1804 (1804) Kanpur, India
Died	30 October 1884(1884-10-30) (aged 79–80) Mornington, Dunedin, New Zealand
Spouse	William Henry Valpy
Children	Ellen Jeffreys, Catherine Fulton, Arabella Valpy, Juliet Valpy, William Henry Valpy Jr. and Caroline Hensley

Biography

Caroline Valpy^{[note 1]} was born Caroline Penelope Jeffreys in Kanpur, India in 1804 to Reverend Richard Jeffreys, chaplain to the East India Company.^[2][3] She was sister to Reverend Charles Jeffreys.^[4] Valpy married William Henry Valpy in India.^[4] They had six children: Ellen Jeffreys, Catherine Fulton, Arabella Valpy, Juliet Valpy, William Henry Valpy, Jr. and Caroline Hensley.^[5][6]

They moved to England in 1837, before coming to Dunedin, New Zealand aboard the Ajax in 1849.^{[2] [7]} They lived at Forbury, Dunedin,^[2][4] close to the current suburban road, Valpy Street.

Valpy and her daughters, especially Ellen, were known to be talented artists.^[8] They are described as having filled numerous notebooks with drawings and watercolours.^[9] Valpy's artwork is represented in the Otago Early Settlers' Association, Dunedin.^[2] Valpy's artwork, Early Dunedin 1851, is also recorded as being reproduced in a 1948 calendar for July/August 1948.^[10]

She died on 30 October 1884 in Mornington and is buried in Dunedin Southern Cemetery with her daughter Arabella Valpy and granddaughter, Jessie Mackworth.^[11][12]

Notes

1. Erroneously called Mrs Catherine Valpy in Platts (1980)^[1]