Lelia Maria Smith Cocke (March 18, 1859 – April 5, 1899) was an American painter.
Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Cocke was a descendant of Robert "King" Carter and William Thornton.
She traveled to New York City to further her artistic education, taking lessons at the School of Design for Women at Cooper Union.
[3] Cocke was relatively prolific despite her short career, producing, according to one estimate, over sixty portraits in all before her death.
Of these, many are in the collections of the University of Virginia and Hollins College,[6] of which latter her father-in-law Charles Lewis Cocke was founder and president.