The artist was born in St Albans, Herts, the daughter of Physician and Surgeon John T N Lipscomb and his wife. She never married and died in Canterbury. Both spellings of her surname are to be found in various references.

Lipscomb(e) studied at Colarossi's Atelier in Paris, and under Norman GARSTIN in Cornwall.  At NAG she exhibited from as early as 1903 and is listed in the 1911 census as living in Penzance lodgings. During the war she joined the French Red Cross, serving as a canteen assistant in on-site holding camps for wounded soldiers. She was awarded a British War Medal and a Victory Medal for her services.
In Summer 1921 she exhibited again after the re-opening of the Gallery after the war (selling 4 pieces of work), and continued exhibiting until the Summer Exhibition of 1928, when she showed The English Channel.
In 1929, with another artist, Bessie Holmes, she listed her address as Ninton, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.