page_title: Christiana Mary Demain Hammond
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Christiana Mary Demain Hammond / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: St Pauls' Studios, Talgarth Road W14 Looking towards the junction with Gliddon Road
context_page_description: Christiana Mary Demain Hammond was an English painter and illustrator. She was a member of the Cranford School of illustration, and illustrated reissues of classic English texts from the 19th century. Her illustrations were frequently found in Cassell's Magazine, the Quiver, and St. Paul's. She frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours.
context_section_description: Hammond Mary Demain Hammond was born in Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London on 6 August 1860," and baptised on 16 September 1860. She was not named on her birth registration, but simply registered as a female child. Her parents were Horatio Demain Hammond (c. 1833 – 11 March 1900), a bankers clerk, and Eliza Wood (baptised 21 June 1836 – first quarter of 1882), who had married in St. George's, Bloomsbury, London on 5 May 1858.
  The couple had three children, all of whom were artists:
  Christiana Mary Demain (1860 – 11 May 1900)
  Gertrude Ellen Demain RI (baptised 6 July 1862 – 21 July 1951). Gertrude and Christiana trained together, first at the Lambeth School of Art and then at the Royal Academy Schools. She was a painter and illustrator like Hammond. Gertrude was a prolific illustrator of books, including children's books and the retelling of historical stories. Gertrude married Henry Going McMurdie (c. 1860 – 28 November 1948) in Fulham, London on 14 June 1898 and the couple lived with Hammond at 2 St. Paul's Studios, in what is now Talgath Road, Kensington.
  Percy Edward Demain (6 December 1865 – 3 April 1946) was described himself as a stained-glass artist in the 1901 census and as a decorative artist in 1911 and 1939. In 1906 he was working as an artist for Crittall Manufacturing Company, famous for their involvement in the Art-Deco movement, both as suppliers of steel windows used in art deco buildings, and for commissioning buildings in the art deco style. He was described as a Poster Artist in 1907, suggesting that he was involved in advertising for Crittall. Percy married Martha Cantwell in Lambeth in the third quarter of 1904. The couple had at least one son, Seymour Edward Demain (baptised 7 July 1905 – 15 October 1948)
  Christiana was the only one of her siblings who did not marry.
caption: St Pauls' Studios, where Hammond lived with her sister
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