b. 25 November 1849. d. 6 September 1938. Nationality: English.
Illustrator, designer, teacher, and architect. Pseudonym: “M. F-T.” Sister of Christina
Catherine Fraser Tytler. Born in Nassick, Bombay Presidency, India, but moved with
her family to their home in Scotland two years later. Contributed several illustration’s
to her sister’s books *Sweet Violet and Other Stories* (1869). Contributed to *Fantastic
Stories* (1874) by Richard von Volkmann. Educated at the South Kensington Art Training
Schools and Slade School of Art. Married George Frederic Watts on 20 November 1886.
Travelled to Italy, Germany, Egypt, Constantinople, and Athens. Designed and decorated
the Compton cemetery mortuary chapel (1898-1904). Taught local pottery classes until
1934. Helped establish the Compton Potters’ Arts Guild. Director of the the Watts
Gallery from 1906 which showcased her her late husband’s work. President of the Godalming
Suffrage Society. Biographical information: *ODNB*; Rose Lucy Ella Rose, *Suffragist
Artists in Partnership: Gender, Word and Image*, Edinburgh University Press, 2018,
p. 109. (CC)