Early Life, Family and Training Mary Manning was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1853. She was the daughter of Robert Manning, a surveyor and civil engineer, and Susanna Manning. The family home at Ely Place provided a stable foundation for her early years, though her siblings would eventually find their own distinct, and sometimes disruptive, paths. Her sister, Georgina Manning, became known as a suffragette, a commitment that led her to protest at a Royal Hibernian Academy exhibition in 1913. The pursuit of art took Manning away from the familiar streets of Dublin and toward the rigorous train…