Person    | Female  Born 30/10/1741  Died 5/11/1807

Angelica Kauffman

Categories: Art

Countries: Switzerland

Painter. Born Switzerland. Arrived in London in 1766 and was quickly successful. Lived in Golden Square with her father. One of only two women amongst the founders of the Royal Academy of Arts. Married in 1781, but retained her own name and via a contract she kept control of her own considerable wealth, and she continued her career - all very rare at the time. A few days after the marriage the couple and the wife's father moved to Rome where she remained for the rest of her life and where she died. Our picture is a self-portrait.

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Angelica Kauffman

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Spirit of Soho Mural

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Studio Voltaire

Studio Voltaire

Arts organisation.

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1 memorial
Spencer Gore

Spencer Gore

Spencer Frederick Gore, painter. Born Epsom, Surrey, son of the sportsman also called Spencer Gore. Clearly a clubable man he was a member of the New English Art Club, founding member of the Fitzro...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Jill (Gillian) Greenwood

Jill (Gillian) Greenwood

March 2023: Susanna (Greenwood) Taylor contacted us to say that her mother painted the plaques for Julian Huxley and Maggie's Corner. "She was Huxley's cousin and her name was Jill (Gillian) Greenw...

Person, Art

2 memorials
Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

Society of Industrial Artists and Designers

First conceived during 1929 as the Society of Industrial Artists with an inaugural meeting at Ye Olde Cock Tavern, Fleet Street, 1930. 1960 - changed name to the Society of Industrial Artists and ...

Group, Art, Industry

1 memorial

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English Heritage

English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...

Group, Architecture, History, Property

421 memorials
Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council

The ancient parish of St Margaret's was divided into St Margaret's and St John's in 1727 but it was still run as a single vestry. In 1855 the two parishes were reformed into the Westminster Distric...

Group, Politics & Administration

184 memorials
Period Living magazine

Period Living magazine

Launched in 1990, we thought this mag had folded years ago but, 2021, it's still going.

Group, History, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Comic Heritage

Comic Heritage

Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

Group, Cinema, History, Humour, Theatre, TV & Radio

29 memorials