Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) The Lime Burner 1859 Etching and drypoint on laid paper, 25.4 x 17.8 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London During his formative years in Paris in the 1850s, Whistler was influenced by the injunctions of the…
Founded: 1852 Address: Cromwell Rd, London SW7 2RL Website: https://www.vam.ac.uk/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also: •…
Abercromby, Julia (1840-1915) Queen Victoria (after Heinrich von Angeli) 1883 Watercolour, 145.7 x 97.8 cm National Portrait Gallery, London See also: • Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837-1901)
Founded: 1856 Address: St. Martin’s Place, London WC2H 0HE, United Kingdom Website: https://www.npg.org.uk/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z…
(1843–1916) Henry James, OM Works: • A Bundle of Letters (English) • A Little Tour in France (English) • A London Life, and Other Tales (English) • A Passionate Pilgrim (English) • A Small Boy and Others (English) • An International Episode…
(1757–1827) The artist’s works: God Judging Adam 1795 Tate Britain, London God Judging Adam c.1795 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Baptism of Christ c.1799 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Job and His Daughters 1799–1800 National Gallery of Art, Washington St. Matthew 1799…
Built: 1780 Acquired by Charles Dickens in 1856 Deaths: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) See also: • Higham (England) | Houses
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Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Venus del Espejo (Venus at her Mirror, The Rokeby Venus) 1647–1651 Oil on canvas, 122.5 x 177 cm National Gallery, London This is the only surviving female nude painted by Velázquez. The subject was rare in seventeenth-century Spain,…
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) El aguador de Sevilla (The Waterseller of Seville) c.1623 Oil on canvas, 107.7 x 81.3 cm Wellington Museum, London This is one of the most famous early paintings by Velázquez, produced in his home town of Seville when…