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Royal Academy
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| Occupation | Anne Carson | |
| Occupation | Emily Frederick Clark | EFC
painted miniatures, which she exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1799. She told the RLF in 1811 that in addition to publishing from an early age she taught drawing. Archives of the Royal Literary Fund, 1790-1918. |
| Literary Setting | Anne Thackeray Ritchie | Miss Angel traces Kauffmann
's career as that of a serious artist and working woman who becomes a society figure and a founding member of the Royal Academy
in London, but slants its representation... |
| Literary responses | Q. D. Leavis | Fiction and the Reading Public was widely reviewed. In the Criterion of July 1932, T. S. Eliot
commended its argument: A society which does not recognize the existence of art is barbaric. But a society... |
| Leisure and Society | Hannah Cowley | Richard Cosway
's painting of HCprotected by the Comic Muse was exhibited at the Royal Academy
; it was also engraved for reproduction in the Ladies Magazine. Escott, Angela. The Celebrated Hannah Cowley. Pickering and Chatto. 3 and n13, 5 |
| Leisure and Society | George Eliot | Exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1867 and now in the National Portrait Gallery
, this was said by those who knew GE
to be the best likeness of her. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton. 275 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 378 The portrait may... |
| Leisure and Society | Grace Elliott | Thomas Gainsborough
painted GE
(already publicly known to be a courtesan) and caused scandal by exhibiting her portrait at the Royal Academy
. This painting is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, New York. Conway, Alison. Private Interests. University of Toronto Press. fig. 2 Conway, Alison. Private Interests. University of Toronto Press. 40, 227n83 |
| Leisure and Society | Grace Elliott | Thomas Gainsborough
exhibited at the Royal Academy
another portrait of GE
, painted some months earlier while she was pregnant, staring defiantly at the viewer. This painting is now in the Frick Museum
, New York. Conway, Alison. Private Interests. University of Toronto Press. fig. 3 Conway, Alison. Private Interests. University of Toronto Press. 40, 227n84 Major, Joanne, and Sarah Murden. An Infamous Mistress: The Life, Loves and Family of the Celebrated Grace Dalrymple Elliott. Pen and Sword Books. 94 |
| Leisure and Society | Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington | Her portrait by Sir Thomas Lawrence
was exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1822. Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington,. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Princeton University Press, pp. 3-114. 8 Molloy, Joseph Fitzgerald. The Most Gorgeous Lady Blessington. Downey. 36 Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington,. “Introduction”. Conversations of Lord Byron, edited by Ernest J. Lovell, Princeton University Press, pp. 3-114. 106 |
| Leisure and Society | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | Socially MEB
downplayed her status as an author, aided by the fact that as Mrs Maxwell—a name she went by even before marriage—she could move in society incognito. To this end, she attempted to... |
| Leisure and Society | Mary Brunton | On her second visit she took in the Royal Academy
Exhibition and visited the National School
under the guidance of Dr Andrew Bell
(a Scots Anglican clergyman, formerly of Madras, author of An Experiment in... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Cowden Clarke | MCC
's brother Joseph Alfred
(known as Alfred) set up the famous family music firm, which gave a continuing framework to the publishing projects of his father. He managed the firm until 1856. Edward Petre |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Laurence Alma-Tadema | He had already, the previous year, exhibited at the Royal Academy
for the first time. Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Art. Henry Graves and George Bell. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Frances Power Cobbe | Lloyd was the daughter of the squire of Rhagatt in Merionethshire, Wales; a maiden aunt in the family had been a friend of the Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
)... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Alice Meynell | AM
's sister Elizabeth
, later Lady Butler, became a well-known painter. She earned high praise for her depiction of a battle scene in The Roll Call, exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1874... |
Timeline
1850: The Royal Academy unleashed the full weight...
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1850
The Royal Academy
unleashed the full weight of its criticism against the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
.
Before May 1851: The Royal Academy accepted several Pre-Raphaelite...
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Before May 1851
The Royal Academy
accepted several Pre-Raphaelite
works for its annual exhibition (which opened on 5 May), despite the volley of criticism which had followed the Brotherhood's previous public displays.
Mid-1850s: US sculptor Harriet Hosmer, living and working...
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Mid-1850s
US sculptor Harriet Hosmer
, living and working in Rome, broke with the convention of using nude male models for both sexes.
7 May 1855: Painter Joanna Mary Boyce's Elgiva was hung...
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7 May 1855
Painter Joanna Mary Boyce
's Elgiva was hung at the Royal Academy
exhibition; this was Boyce's first public exposure.
3 May 1858: Rosa Brett made her exhibition debut, showing...
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3 May 1858
Rosa Brett
made her exhibition debut, showing The Hayloft at the Royal Academy
, under the pseudonym Rosarius.
4 May 1874: Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler, exhibited...
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4 May 1874
Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler
, exhibited her painting Roll Call at the Royal Academy
; it was bought by Queen Victoria
.
1859: A Royal Commission was appointed to investigate...
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1859
A Royal Commission was appointed to investigate the workings of the Royal Academy
of Arts, including the role of women artists.
1861: Fearing adverse publicity, and sensing a...
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1861
Fearing adverse publicity, and sensing a shift in public opinion, the Royal Academy
of Arts acceeded to demands that female artists be granted admission and membership.
Before May 1862: Whistler's highly realist painting The White...
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Before May 1862
1863: A Government Commission on art was established;...
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1863
A Government Commission on art was established; Robertson Blaine
proposed full Royal Academy
membership for women.
May 1867: The Royal Academy of Arts was compelled to...
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May 1867
The Royal Academy
of Arts was compelled to repeal the quota system it had instituted to limit its numbers of female students.
3 May 1869: Catherine Madox Brown made her exhibition...
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3 May 1869
By 16 May 1874: The Royal Academy chose as its picture of...
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By 16 May 1874
The Royal Academy
chose as its picture of the year Elizabeth Thompson
's The Calling of the Roll after the Crimea; Thompson was the first woman to receive such an honour.
Summer 1874: Watercolourist Helen (Paterson) Allingham...
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Summer 1874
Watercolourist Helen (Paterson) Allingham
gained the recognition of the London artistic establishment after two of her paintings were selected for the Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition.
By 12 May 1877: The Grosvenor Gallery (welcomed by a Punch...
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By 12 May 1877
The Grosvenor Gallery
(welcomed by a Punch cartoon on this date) was established as an alternative exhibition arena to the Royal Academy
shows. It lasted until 1891.
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