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Mariquita Jenny Moberly RI BWS NSA (born Mariquita Jenny Phillips, Deptford, London, in 1855; died 1 November 1937) was an English artist, working in oil and watercolour.
She studied in Germany and under Carolus-Duran in Paris. She exhibited at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society She lived in Epsom, and later Mitcham.
In March 2013, a number of her watercolour paintings, in private possession, of a variety of subjects, were shown in the BBC television programme Antiques Roadshow. These included a 1918 self-portrait and a picture of a dog that reputedly belong to Ernest Shackleton, along with photographs of her paintings of dogs known to be his.
Her works are in a number of public collections, including The Secret Path in the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum.