# Caroline Valpy

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**Caroline Penelope Valpy** (née **Jeffreys**; 1804 – 30 October 1884) was a British-New Zealand artist.

## Biography

Caroline Valpy[note 1] was born Caroline Penelope Jeffreys in [Kanpur](/source/Kanpur), India in 1804 to Reverend Richard Jeffreys, chaplain to the [East India Company](/source/East_India_Company).[1][2] She was sister to Reverend Charles Jeffreys.[3] Valpy married [William Henry Valpy](/source/William_Henry_Valpy) in India.[3] They had six children: [Ellen Jeffreys](/source/Ellen_Jeffreys), [Catherine Fulton](/source/Catherine_Fulton), [Arabella Valpy](/source/Arabella_Valpy), [Juliet Valpy](/source/Juliet_Valpy), [William Henry Valpy, Jr.](/source/William_Henry_Valpy_Jr.) and Caroline Hensley.[4][5]

They moved to England in 1837, before coming to [Dunedin](/source/Dunedin), New Zealand aboard the *Ajax* in 1849.[1][6] They lived at [Forbury](/source/Forbury,_New_Zealand), Dunedin,[1][3] close to the current suburban road, Valpy Street.

Valpy and her daughters, especially Ellen, were known to be talented artists.[7] They are described as having filled numerous notebooks with drawings and watercolours.[8] Valpy's artwork is represented in the [Otago Early Settlers' Association](/source/Toit%C5%AB_Otago_Settlers_Museum), Dunedin.[1] Valpy's artwork, *Early Dunedin 1851*, is also recorded as being reproduced in a 1948 calendar for July/August 1948.[9]

She died on 30 October 1884 in [Mornington](/source/Mornington,_Dunedin) and is buried in [Dunedin Southern Cemetery](/source/Dunedin_Southern_Cemetery) with her daughter Arabella Valpy and granddaughter, Jessie Mackworth.[10][11]

## Notes

1. Erroneously called Mrs Catherine Valpy in Platts (1980)[12]

## References

1. Platts, Una (1980). *Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide and Handbook*. Avon Fine Prints Limited. p. 239.

1. ["Caroline Valpy"](https://www.geni.com/people/Caroline-Valpy/6000000036029490822). *geni_family_tree*. July 1804. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

1. ["Jeffreys, Caroline"](https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22413530). *natlib.govt.nz*. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

1. ["Ajax list"](http://www.ngaiopress.com/ajaxlist.htm). *www.ngaiopress.com*. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

1. *The Book of New Zealand women = Ko kui ma te kaupapa*. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams Books. 1991. p. 702. ISBN 0-908912-04-8. [OCLC 28180678](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28180678)

1. ["William Valpy"](http://www.toituosm.com/collections/smith-gallery/wall-1/william-valpy) (in en-nz). *Toitū Otago Settlers Museum Official Website*. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

1. Entwisle, Rosemary (1990). ["Jeffreys, Ellen Penelope"](https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1j2/jeffreys-ellen-penelope). *Dictionary of New Zealand Biography*. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

1. Brenssell, Angela (February 1990). ["Salute to Otago Artists"](https://otagosettlers.org.nz/publications/newsletters/view/february-1990-). *otagosettlers.org.nz*. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

1. ["Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd: A century of service \[the contribution of Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd to the Centennial of the Province of Otago\]. 1948."](https://natlib.govt.nz/records/38446970?search%5Bi%5D%5Bname_authority_id%5D=-128193&search%5Bpath%5D=items). *natlib.govt.nz*. Retrieved 17 April 2023.

1. ["Death"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18841031.2.4). *Evening Star*. No. 6737. 31 October 1884. p. 2.

1. Council, Dunedin City. ["Cemeteries search – Dunedin City Council"](https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemeteries-search?recordid=99621&type=Burial). *www.dunedin.govt.nz*. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

1. ["Jeffreys, Caroline"](https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22413530). *natlib.govt.nz*. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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