Edith Cheesman

Florence Edith Cheesman (1877–1964) was a British artist.

She was the sister of Colonel Robert Ernest Cheesman, a British a military officer, explorer and ornithologist.[1] The British entomologist and traveller Evelyn Cheesman was her younger sister.

Several of her works are in the UK's Government Art Collection,[2] including an oil on canvas of Gertrude Bell's House in Baghdad, which hangs in the British Embassy in Baghdad.[1]

Postage stamp designs
10 rupee definitive Iraq postage stamp designed by Cheesman and issued in 1923

With Marjorie Maynard, Cheesman was the designer of the first postage stamps issued by Iraq (then known as the Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, as established in 1921), depicting historic Iraqi art and architecture.[3][4] The stamps were not issued until 1923.[3] The definitive stamps were denominated in the currency of the Administration, the Indian anna and rupee,[3] and Cheesman designed the 0.5A, 1A, 4A, 6A, 8A, 2R, 5R and 10R values.[5] They were inscribed "IRAQ" and "POSTAGE & REVENUE" in English and Arabic.[3] Most remained on sale until the introduction of a new set on 17 February 1931, and were used postally after that.[3]

References
  1. Collection, Government Art. "Government Art Collection - Art Work Details". Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  2. 3 paintings by or after Edith Cheesman, Art UK. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  3. "V. British Mandate Issue, 1923-1925". Rezonville. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. Wilson, Arnold T. (1930). Loyalties Mesopotamia 1914-1917. Oxford University Press. p. 322. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. Maynard designed the 1½A, 2A, 3A, and 1R stamps.
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