Hutchinson, Mary

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Who is Mary Hutchinson?

Mrs St John Hutchinson (1915), by Vanessa Bell (see Tate)

Mary Barnes Hutchinson (1889–1977) was a writer, model, patron of the arts, member of the Bloomsbury Group and wife of barrister and politician St. John Hutchinson (1884-1942). She and her husband were friends of George Moore. Though she had several extramarital affairs, George was not one of them.

Saturday Night in the Vale (1928-1929), by Henry Tonks (see Tate). Mary Hutchinson is seated on the right side of the picture; her husband is behind George Moore on the left. The Vale was the artist’s studio.

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