Henrietta Maria of France along with her sisters, in riding, dancing, and singing, and took part in French court plays. Although tutored in reading and writing, she was not known for her academic skills; the princess was heavily influenced by the Carmelites at French court. By 1622, Henrietta Maria was living in Paris with a household of some 200 staff, and marriage plans were being discussed. Henrietta Maria first met her future husband in Paris, in 1623, while he was travelling to Spain with the Duke of Buckingham to discuss a possible marriage with the Infanta Maria Anna of Spain – Charles first saw
Henrietta Maria Gulliver was also active in the Victorian Artists Society. Henrietta Maria Gulliver Henrietta Maria Gulliver (1866–1945) was an Australian painter. She was a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters Society. Gulliver was born Henrietta Maria Shanklin in 1866. From 1906 through 1911 she studied at the National Gallery School. Gulliver and her husband George Ekins Gulliver were farmers, growing lavender and sassafras on their farm at Cheltenham, Victoria. Fellow artists who visited the farm included Clara Southern, Hilda Rix Nicholas, Elsie Barlow and Alice Marian Ellen Bale. Gulliver was a founding member of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and