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Agnes Jane Rudd (1861–1939) was an English landscape artist who worked mostly in watercolour.

Early life
Born in Stranton, County Durham, one of the five children of the Rev. John Rudd, Vicar of Stranton, Rudd was educated by a governess. In 1881, she was living in a boarding house in Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, with her mother and three sisters, while her father was still living at Stranton. By 1886, he was no longer Vicar of Stranton, and in May of that year appeared in the Hartlepool Police Court charged with non-payment of rates. He died intestate at Yarm on 9 April 1888, leaving a personal estate valued at £288.

Life and career
In 1888, Rudd exhibited a work titled “Moor and sea” at the Royal Academy. In 1891, her mother was living in different lodgings in Bournemouth, with three daughters, including Rudd.

In 1894, the Journal of the Ex Libris Society reported on the creation of a bookplate by Warrington Hogg for Agnes Rudd, describing her as “Miss Agnes J. Rudd, the well-known watercolour artist”. The work featured an artist’s palette and was dated 1892.

By 1894, Mrs Rudd had acquired a house, Teesdale, Spencer Road, Bournemouth, and in 1901 her three single daughters were still living with her there. Rudd, now 39, gave her occupation as “Painter (artist)”, her younger sister Mabel was “Teacher of Music”, and her mother and older sister Emily were “living on own means”.

In 1911, Rudd was living at Rosaria, Flaghead Road, Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth, with one older sister, Emily Ann Rudd, an elderly widow, Jasmina Frederica Asser, and one servant.

Rudd died on 3 December 1939 at home, The Glen, Alumhurst Road, Bournemouth, leaving an estate valued at £10,202,. In 1940, The Bulletin of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum for the months June to September was mostly devoted to Rudd’s work.