Elizabeth Rigby
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As an art historian, journalist, and public figure,
played a major role in shaping modern art criticism. Many of her publications introduced readers and artists to new influences from German art, while others confirmed the importance of the Italian masters. Through her literary and art-history reviews, she influenced Victorian public taste. Produced over a span of sixty years, her work includes travel writing, short stories, essays, and three translations. She was also a talented editor.- BirthName: Elizabeth Rigby
- Married: Eastlakewas Mrs Eastlake only for a year and a half before she became Lady Eastlake when her husband was knighted.
- Pseudonyms: The Author of Letters from the Baltic; The Author of Baltic Letters
- Titled: Lady