Ida Nettleship

[1] At the age of 15, she became a student at the Slade School of Art, where she studied until 1898 under Fred Brown, Henry Tonks, and Wilson Steer.

[1] They honeymooned in Swanage and initially took a flat in Fitzroy Street, London, but John was soon appointed a temporary professor at the school of art at University College, Liverpool.

[citation needed] Their second son Caspar John was born in London on 22 March 1903; he became an officer in the Royal Navy, eventually rising to post of First Sea Lord.

[citation needed] Given John's limited income and the growing family, Nettleship eventually gave up painting to take care of the children and the housework.

[5] Her mother arranged her cremation at the Père Lachaise Cemetery[citation needed] and took her ashes and three eldest children back to London with her.

Ida Nettleship