judith agnes maud ackland was born in bideford, devon, england in 1892. she was a british artist, a landscape painter and creator of dioramas. she studied art at the bideford art school and then moved to the regent street polytechnic. she met her partner mary stella edwards at the regent street polytechnic. they became life partners and used a tiny cabin, a former fisherman’s store, at bucks mills as their studio from 1924 until ackland's death in 1971. ackland painted watercolours, mostly of the surrounding coast and countryside of bideford, but they also travelled and worked widely. together with edwards, she produced dioramas. ackland made all the models and edwards painted their backdrops. ackland died in 1971 at the age of 78 or 79.
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