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

Interesting that Coca Cola are specifically mentioned on the panel but not as...

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Francis Bourgeois

Francis Bourgeois

Artist. Born Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois in London. He became an art dealer and collector in association with Margaret and Noel Desenfans, and with them founded the Dulwich Picture Gallery. In 17...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Madge Gill

Madge Gill

Artist. Born in a flat at the site of the plaque as Maude Ethel Eades. Being illegitimate she was an embarrassment to her family, who sent her to a Dr Barnado's orphanage. She later went to Canada ...

Person, Art, Paranormal, Canada

2 memorials
Whitechapel Art Gallery
1 memorial
Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Painter. Born Birmingham, his mother dying as a result of his birth. Met his life-long friend, William Morris, at Oxford University. Dropped out of his degree and went to London to become a pupil o...

Person, Art

3 memorials
Ford Madox Brown

Ford Madox Brown

Painter and designer. Born Calais - the family travelled frequently between France and England. Not formally a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood but he was friends with them and shared their...

Person, Art, France

2 memorials

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Alexander B. White
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
The Island mural

The Island mural

N16, Benthal Road, Heatherley Court, 45 - 48

This mural repays some examination. Firstly, looking at the buildings in the background at the top: those at the right, with the 'Victory...

3 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
William E. G. Leach
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Westfield College

Westfield College

Founded in 1882 by Constance Louisa Maynard and Ann Dudin Brown, as a residential women's college modelled on women's colleges already established in Oxford and Cambridge. The name probably came fr...

Group, Education, Gender Issues

1 memorial
William H. Waddell

William H. Waddell

Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903

Person, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial