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…
National Portrait Gallery (London)
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Julia Abercromby
(1840–1915) Lady Julia Janet Georgiana, 4th Baroness Abercromby, née Haldane-Duncan Queen Victoria and her ladies-in-waiting (1838) The artist’s works: Queen Victoria (after Heinrich von Angeli) 1883 National Portrait Gallery, London Born January 24 1840 Napoli (Italia) Died December 8 1915 Camperdown…
Henry James
(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…
William Blake
(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…
Gads Hill Place, Higham (England)
Built: 1780 Acquired by Charles Dickens in 1856 Deaths: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) See also: • Higham (England) | Houses
Higham (England)
Highlights: • Gads Hill Place Deaths: • Dickens, Charles (1812-1870) See also: • Cities | England | UK
Venus del Espejo (1647-1651)
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,…
El aguador de Sevilla (c.1623)
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…
Wellington Museum (Apsley House)
Opened: 1778 Address: 149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London W1J 7NT, United Kingdom Website: https://www.wellingtoncollection.co.uk/ Collection: • Canova, Antonio (1757-1822): Napoleone come Marte pacificatore (1803-06) • Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660): El aguador de Sevilla (c.1623) Apsley House in Art: Monet, Claude (1840-1926) Green Park, London…
