Baker, William [name in religion Anselm] (1833–1885), heraldic artist and mural painter, was born in Birmingham on 23 January 1833, the son of Thomas Baker, a coach painter. He appears to have worked as a gun-stocker, and he learned to paint and draw at the ...
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Baker, William [name in religion Anselm] (1833–1885), heraldic artist and mural painter
Thompson Cooper
revised by Anne Pimlott Baker
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Delany, Mary (1700–1788)
Maker: John Opie
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Mary Delany (1700–1788) by John Opie, 1782 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Delany [née Granville; other married name Pendarves], Mary (1700–1788), court favourite and artist
Barbara Brandon Schnorrenberg
Delany [née Granville; other married name Pendarves], Mary (1700–1788), court favourite and artist, was born at Coulston, Wiltshire, on 14 May 1700. The elder daughter of Bernard Granville (1671–1723) and his wife, Mary Westcomb (d. 1747), she was widely connected in court and political circles. Her father's elder brother was ...
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Murphy, Marie-Louise (1737–1814), royal mistress and artist's model
Michael Rapport
Murphy, Marie-Louise (1737–1814), royal mistress and artist's model, was born in Rouen, France, on 21 October 1737. Of Irish descent, she was the fifth daughter of Daniel Murphy de Boisfailly (d. 1753), a shoemaker who had served in the French army, and his wife, ...
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Ramsay, Lady Patricia [formerly Princess Patricia of Connaught] (1886–1974), artist
Kenneth Rose
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Ramsay, Lady Patricia [formerly Princess Patricia of Connaught] (1886–1974), artist, was born Victoria Patricia Helena Elizabeth in London at Buckingham Palace on St Patrick's day, 17 March 1886. She was the third and youngest child and younger daughter of Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert, ...
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Wilkinson, Sir Nevile Rodwell (1869–1940), army officer, artist, and herald
Conrad Swan
Wilkinson, Sir Nevile Rodwell (1869–1940), army officer, artist, and herald, was born on 26 October 1869 at Highgate, Middlesex, the third son of Colonel Josiah Wilkinson, a barrister practising at the parliamentary bar, and his wife, Alice Emma, daughter of Thomas Smith, of ...
