Sophia Rosamond Praeger [commonly known as Rosamond Praeger; also known as S. Rosamund Praeger] was born in Holywood, County Down, Ireland on 15 April 1867. She studied under George Trobridge at Belfast School of Art and, from 1888, under Alphonse Legros at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London where she was awarded a silver medal for drawing. She also studied in Paris in 1892-93. Following her return to Holywood in 1893 she embarked on a career as an artist. She worked primarily as a sculptor. She also wrote and illustrated children's books.

She was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin from 1899 to 1944. She also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1891 to 1922; the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.; Belfast Art Society and Royal Ulster Academy of Arts in Belfast; and at the Paris Salon She also participated in the 1st exhibition of the Arts & Crafts Society of Ireland in Dublin in 1895 and in the 5th exhibition of the Arts & Crafts Society of Ireland and Guild of Irish Art-Workers in Dublin in 1917.

She was a founder member of the Ulster Academy of Arts of which she was President in 1941-43, and early in her career was a member of the '91 Art Club. She was also elected to the Ramblers Sketching Club in 1886; Honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy (HRHA); and was a member of the Guild of Irish Art Workers.

Commissions on which she work were the Inglis memorial at the city cemetery in Belfast (1905); allegorical figures of Art, Literature, and Science for the façade of the Carnegie Library in Belfast (1908); ''The Children of Lir' memorial for McNaughton School in Bushmills, Co. Antrim (1911-17); memorials to the founders of Riddell Hall at Queen's University, Belfast (1926) and Lord Edward Carson Memorial at Belfast Cathedral (1938). She also produced medals, toys, fountains, and garden sculpture, and designed material for the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation

She wrote and illustrated 25 children's books including 'A Visit to Babyland' (1896); 'Further Doings Of the Three Bold Babes' (1898); 'How They Went To School' (1903); 'Aesop's Fables told to the children by Lena Dalkeith' (1906); 'How They Came Home From School' (1911); 'Billy's Garden Plot' (1918); and 'The Fearful Land Of Forgets' (1921). She also illustrated three books for her brother, the naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger.

Her address was given as 188 Marylebone Road, London in 1901; and 24 Ballycultra, Holywood, Co. Down in 1911. In 1934 she visited Quebec, Canada. It is not known how long she stayed. She maintained a studio on Hibernian Street, Holywood from 1914 to 1952

Praeger died on 17 April 1954, two days after her 87th birthday. Her address at the time of her death was Rock Cottage, Craigavad, County Down

Her work is included in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin; and Ulster Museum in Belfast.

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