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Alice Gray (12 September 1861 - 15 February 1942) was a Scottish painter and miniaturist.

Life
Her father was Robert Gray (4 September 1825 - 18 February 1887), a banker. Her mother was Elizabeth Anderson (21 February 1831 - 11 February 1924). They married on 8 April 1856 in Girvan. Alice was one of their six children. Alice was born in Partick in 1861.

By the age of around 19, in the 1881 census, Alice and her family were staying in Edinburgh. Alice is at 13 Inverleith Row and her occupation is an artist.

In 1882 she was staying at 11 Picardy Place in Edinburgh.

In 1883 she gave the RSA her address as Bank of Scotland House, Bank Street in Edinburgh. As her father was a banker this was likely a correspondence address.

In 1887 she was staying at 59 George Street in Edinburgh. This was to be Alice's address for the rest of her life.

When her mother died in 1924, Alice and her sisters Elizabeth Agnes and Edith Mary Howitt were still staying at 59 George Street in Edinburgh.

Art
She exhibited at the Royal Academy a painting of a flour mill in the work Grinding Corn in 1891.

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As an art teacher she taught at the Charlotte Square Institution for the education of girls in 1892.

She exhibited at the Scottish Artists exhibition in 1897 a watercolour of Thistledown.

In 1900 onwards she was giving art lessons at her home in 59 George Street, Edinburgh.

Death
She died on 15 February 1942. The funeral was on 18 February at Warriston Crematorium Chapel. The value of her estate was given as £8829 in June 1942. Her address was given as 59 George Street in Edinburgh.