Henrietta 'Hetty' Lawes was a British artist and archaeologist, best known for illustrating Egyptian artefacts and assisting with the excavations at Hu, Egypt, led by Egyptologists Hilda Petrie and Flinders Petrie in 1899.
10 Facts About Henrietta Lawes
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Henrietta Lawes was born in October 1861 in Sindlesham, Berkshire.
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Henrietta Lawes's father was Joseph Lawes, the owner of Caversham Mill.
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Henrietta Lawes' sister, Jessie, was a suffragette who was later arrested on a deputation to Parliament in June 1909, along with her cousin Emmeline.
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Henrietta Lawes studied art as a mature student at the Reading School of Art on Valpy Street, from 1890.
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Henrietta Lawes gained her Art Master's Certificate in 1897, and was awarded a prize for her artwork at the University of Reading Extension College.
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Between November 1898 - March 1899, Henrietta Lawes worked on the Hu excavation in Egypt, with Hilda and Flinders Petrie.
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Henrietta Lawes' catalogued finds were displayed at University College London after the expedition.
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Henrietta Lawes passed away on 11 March 1947, whilst living at The Cedars, Wokingham.
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Henrietta Lawes bequeathed numerous antiquities to the Ure Museum at Reading University, and to Reading Museum.