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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">François Ferriere was born in Geneva. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> His father was Jean Claude Ferrière (1710-1787) and his mother was Magdeleine Magnet (1715-1774). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">He studied in Paris </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">and was married in Geneva in 1785 to a Frenchwoman, Marie Antoinette Reboul (1760-1825). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">They had four children, two sons and two daughters, but tragically their first born son, Daniel Antoine, born in 1785, died aged two. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">In 1793, Ferrière moved to Britain where he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1793-1804 under the name 'Francis Ferriere'. His known London addresses during this period were:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1793 - At Mr. Chalon's, High Street, Kensington</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1794 - 3 Bedford Street</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1795 - 15 Cleveland Street, Tottenham Court Road</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1796 - 4 York Street, Queen Anne Street East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1800-1804 - 65 Queen Anne Street</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">After spending several years travelling to St. Petersburg and Moscow,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"> he returned to Britain, this time remaining between 1816-1822, and again exhibited at the Royal Academy </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">from the following addresses:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">1817 - 41 Grafton Street East</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">His fine work was acknowledged in The Literary Gazette, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">with the artist writing to the publication to complain in 1820, to which they responded:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">'<i>We acknowledge a letter from Mr. Francois Ferrière. He informs us that as an artist of considerable talents has become his enemy because the Literary Gazette spoke so highly of his performance and not noticed some productions of his adversary. Alike unknown to us, we can only advise Mr. Ferrière to disregard the detractions of envy. Of his works we spoke as we thought, doing common justice to a foreigner, certainly not at the expense of any other artists; and still consider them to be the cleverest specimens of the deceptive ever seen in this country.'</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">It would be fascinating to know the name of Ferrière's adversary! By 1820, many of the most famous names had disappeared from the scene: Richard Cosway, John Smart, Jeremiah Meyer, Samuel Shelley, Andrew Plimer, James Scouler..... Amongst those still working and popular would have been John Cox Dillman Engleheart, Henry Burch, Peter Paillou, Horace Hone, Andrew Robertson, Sir William Charles Ross and Sir William Newton.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span>Peter Paillou Senior (c.1712-1782) was an exceptional watercolour artist, </span><span>specialising </span><span>in painting birds. </span>His family were Huguenots and escaped from France<span> to avoid </span><span>persecution and settled in London. </span><span>Paillou Senior married firstly, </span><span>Alice, </span><span>and after her </span><span>death, Mary Braem. </span><span>The family house in Paradise Row, </span><span>Islington </span><span>where they lived </span><span>between 1776-1780 </span>is now marked with a plaque by the Huguenot Society. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span>Paillou Senior and Mary christened their son Pierre Antoine Paillou </span><span>and growing up,</span><span> he </span><span>became known as Peter Paillou Junior, </span><span>and he became a portrait </span><span>and miniature painter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span>Paillou Senior died in 1782, as reported in the Whitehall Evening Post, </span><span>whilst </span><span>resident at 9 White Lion Row, </span>and it was from this address that his son started exhibiting in 1786, after entering the Royal Academy Schools <span>in 1784 in his late </span><span>twenties. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span>His father never lived to see his success. This information does prove that </span>the earlier miniatures painted by Paillou, very few of which are signed, <span>were by son </span><span>and not father, </span>despite the change in style apparent in his later work.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">On 23rd April, 1803, he placed an advertisement in The Glasgow Courier:</span></div>
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<i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">in this city for a short time, and that his prices are for a Miniature, Eight</i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span>were to be sold and the proceeds equally split between his two sisters </span><span>'<i>share and share </i></span><span><i>alike.</i>' </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span>to James Thompson, both of whom Paillou appointed as his </span><span>Executors. </span>To his companion, Anne Peters, he left his chime clock, '<i>made by Mr. Holmden</i>' and all household furniture, plate etc. in Glasgow. He finishes his Will by writing that he is in a hurry on his departure from London.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kAu4PqgC7CY/Xvt6AlpcO9I/AAAAAAABEE4/PiCEnC0CvJghytS5PDuPqSVs3xKTRQJOQCK4BGAsYHg/s3674/glasgow-bridge-and-cityscape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2728" data-original-width="3674" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kAu4PqgC7CY/Xvt6AlpcO9I/AAAAAAABEE4/PiCEnC0CvJghytS5PDuPqSVs3xKTRQJOQCK4BGAsYHg/s320/glasgow-bridge-and-cityscape.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fce8b2;">19th Century Glasgow</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">In September 1817, Paillou wrote a Codicil to this Will in the form of a letter to his friend John Holmden, whilst in Glasgow, fearing that he might perish on the journey by sea to England. '<i>I write this in preparation of accompanying Anne (Peters) to Port </i><i>Glasgow tomorrow morning and leave this with Peggy</i> (his servant) <i>to put in the post </i><i>here...</i>' His friend is requested to collect all his possessions at his Glasgow property, in the event that Paillou does not survive the journey, <i>'except bodyclothes and ring</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><i>belonging to Anne Peters... to go to her sisters Elizabeth McFarland of Port Glasgow </i><i>and Margaret Smith of Paisley</i>' and excepting clothes belonging to Peggy, the servant. Paillou instructs that all the effects at the Glasgow property are to be sold and divided equally between his sisters, Sophia and Matilda. £9 is to be put aside for mourners at his funeral and he goes on to list his debts at that</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">His debts at that time are detailed, including a tailor's bill of £12, Mrs. Peters <i>'about </i><i>£5</i>', Turnbull Booksellers '<i>about £5</i>', Wright's bill 20 or 50 shillings, W. Brown, Painter, £2. Instructions are given for the backgrounds of his unfinished pictures to be completed by Mr. John Knox or another portrait painter and charged to clients at the usual rate of 10 guineas for 3/4 size, 14 guineas for ___ , 20 guineas for half length, 8 guineas for miniatures and delivered to clients after completion.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The reversion of his property in Castle Street, Glasgow (nos. 10 and 15) is to go to widow Elizabeth McFarlane (Anne Peters' sister) <i>'who has three children and nothing </i><i>but the produce of her own labour to bring them up with</i>'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Paillou adds that this letter to his friend, John Holmden, is in addition to the Will he left with him previously in London and ends the note '<i>This being written in a hurry is </i><i>all I can think of at present' </i>which suggests that he again has concerns about embarking on a long journey.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">In the event, this letter, which served as a Codicil to his Will, was recorded at the Glasgow Court in September 1834 after his death and his Will was proved in the London Court in September 1835.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f7eccf;"><span style="color: #444444;">It is
likely that William Thicke was born in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city>. He spent all his working life at the same <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> address; <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">17 Duke Street</st1:address></st1:street>. <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Duke Street</st1:address></st1:street> was
largely inhabited by tradesmen. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">His wife was Elizabeth Trueman (c.1757 - 1832). She shared in an inheritance from a great uncle Jonathan Trueman and put this in trust for her daughters. She died aged 75 at the family home of Duke Street, London.</span><span style="color: #444444;">The couple's two daughters, Elizabeth,
known as Eliza, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(c.1778 - c.1865) </span><span style="color: #444444;">and Charlotte, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">(c.1789 -1856) were</span><span style="color: #444444;"> both artists like their father.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> Sometime after 1845 the sisters moved from 17 Duke Street to 64 Arlington Street, where Charlotte, the youngest, died aged 66.</span></span></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0cm 0cm 20.4pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: #f7eccf;"><span style="color: #444444;">William Thicke exhibited at the </span><st1:place style="color: #444444;" w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Royal</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Academy</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="color: #444444;">
between 1787-1814. His miniatures are
not highly thought of, being a little naive, and as many are unsigned, often
described as English School or misattributed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f7eccf; color: #444444;">A
discovered trade card notes that Thicke worked in <st1:city w:st="on">Wakefield</st1:city>
and <st1:city w:st="on">Hull</st1:city>, as well as from his <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city> base and this is borne out by an
account of a chance meeting with the artist by the architect, William Porden
(1755-1822). William Porden kept a diary
of his travels, which is now kept in the archives at Derbyshire County Council.<span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f7eccf; color: #444444;"><span>On
Friday 21 August, 1795, Porden records
setting off from <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:city></st1:place> in the stagecoach. Amongst his
travelling companions was 'Mr. Thick, a miniature painter on a professional
expedition to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Hull</st1:city></st1:place>...'</span><span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f7eccf; color: black;">'(Mr.
Thick) was a little fat jolly facetious man, as illiterate as an artist could
be desired and seemingly taking small interest in the Arts or in subjects
relative to them. His mis-pronunciation w[oul]d rival Mrs Slipslops. He
abounded in jests and smutty stories which he told tolerably well, though
sometimes, as it must happen, with men who are always telling stories, lost the
spirit of the story and seemed not always to know where the joke lay.'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the architect's poor opinion, William Thicke proved to be hardworking and
astute, leaving his daughters extremely well provided for after his death. In <st1:metricconverter productid="1792, in" w:st="on">1792, in</st1:metricconverter> addition to his <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Duke Street</st1:address></st1:street> home, Thicke owned nos. 27
and <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">28 Charles Street</st1:address></st1:street>,
<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Tottenham Court</st1:address></st1:street>,
which were rented out, according to the Sun Fire Office records, with whom the
properties were insured.<span style="font-size: 8.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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1823, Thicke made a Will, and the following year, added a Codicil. In his Will, he left 20 guineas to Mr. Thomas
Hapworth and his properties to Charlotte, his younger daughter, together with
all his pictures 'of every description' and his boxes of oils and watercolours,
with these passing to Eliza if her sister predeceased her. Eliza was left the
family silver. However, in his Codicil,
the artist records that he has recently purchased two further properties at 3
and 4 Sydney Terrace, Chelsea which accounted for '...15 years of my profession
without borrowing one guinea..' One of
these is left to Eliza and the other to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Charlotte</st1:place></st1:city>.
The artist died in 1830. Neither
daughter married, and in the census of 1851, when Charlotte and Eliza have
moved from the family home in <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Duke
Street</st1:address></st1:street>, they are both listed as annuitants, have a
servant, and the younger sister <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Charlotte</st1:city></st1:place>
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Street</st1:address></st1:street> in February 2008. It was passed in. Later that year it was sold by Bonhams Bath office. We purchased it in 2010 from a dealer, paying
little more than he had paid at auction.
The dealer claimed that the sitter was Mr. Nathan Crowe. However, this seems doubtful as there was no
note of the sitter when we opened the miniature, but we did find the artist's
signature and address and a date on a backing board, written in faded pencil,
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Exquisitely produced, it would make a superb Christmas present for a loved one interested in art - or as a gift to yourself! It is full of wonderful anecdotes and stories from this extraordinary artist, together with all his trade secrets and fabulous illustrations of his work. It is a masterpiece! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Don't miss this year's Royal Miniature Society Annual Exhibition at The Mall Galleries, St. James's, London SW1! Open every day until midday Sunday 8th December. For those looking to buy, there are lots of paintings and sculptures to choose from and a beautiful collection of original Christmas cards. The admission is free. </span></div>
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portraitminiatureclubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802953277995174913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755874589885813577.post-30667579153898031022018-03-31T08:03:00.000-07:002018-03-31T08:03:12.337-07:00BILL MUNDY RMS MAA MASF HS<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"> He trained as a lithographic artist. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">Now he paints in oils and watercolours, </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">and he is the only living miniaturist to be </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">twice awarded Exhibit of the Year</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;"> at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition and to be represented in</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">He has written many books including his autobiography 'A brush with Life'</span></div>
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portraitminiatureclubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802953277995174913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755874589885813577.post-54214465914409224182017-10-31T05:31:00.000-07:002017-10-31T05:44:04.712-07:00THE CELEBRITY OF STELLA MARKS MVO, RMS, ASMP. (1887-1985)<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Stella Lewis was born in a suburb of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Melbourne,</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Australia, the third of four children. Her father, James, worked as a Civil Servant. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">She always wanted to be an artist from the age of 11 and trained as an oil painter under British born artist and art gallery director, Bernard Hall and the legendary Australian artist, Fred McCubbin at the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. There she met her husband-to-be, fellow artist Montagu ‘Monty’ Marks (1890-1972). Monty had left school at 11 and worked as a scenic artist before commencing formal training.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US">With her pretty looks and Monty’s handsome, dashing manner, they made a striking couple. They travelled to</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">England</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">in 1911 to further their art studies and experience life in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">London</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Paris, and were married in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">London. Stella painted her first miniature in 1912, having been goaded to do so by Monty and his best friend, fellow artist Penleigh Boyd. She soon earned commissions and began to make a name for herself, both in full-scale work and with miniatures. She signed her work Stella Lewis Marks or Stella. L. Marks. </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This is Stella’s pencil sketch for her first miniature. Unfortunately the whereabouts of the actual miniature, or whether it still exists is unknown.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US">By the start of the First World War in 1914, the couple were living in</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">America</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and Monty served as a Fighter Pilot in the Royal Flying Corp. </span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">In 1916 Stella became an Associate Member of the Royal Miniature Society, London, at the time the youngest member to join the Society and only the second Australian artist to do so. By then she was painting miniatures of many of the most well known names in American Society and being exhibited at the American Society of Miniature Painters, the National Association of Portrait Painters and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. The Duke of Connaught, Governor General of Canada, commissioned Stella to paint a miniature of his daughter, Princess Patricia.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In 1934, the couple moved
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the glamorous world of films and celebrities and his painting was just for
pleasure. The couple became celebrities themselves and Stella was the subject
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she was a strong advocate for portrait miniatures to be treated as an art form on a par with larger works in oil.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“A good miniature must have all the drawing composition and knowledge that goes to make up a large portrait. It is in fact a portrait in watercolour.....The beauty is in the transparency of colour.” </span></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In an interview with an Australian newspaper in 1937, she, perhaps controversially, compared the difference between the American and British market for miniatures at that time. She observed that Americans “realized the true value of a miniature. They will pay anything from 500 to 1,000 dollars for a work [today’s value US$8,500 to US$17,000], whereas the English will pay fabulous prices for oil portraits, but do not seem to realize that there is the same amount of craftsmanship and knowledge put into the painting of a miniature”.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Working in the traditional way, making her own initial sketches during sittings, she also spoke out about the way that some modern miniature painters were using imprints of photographs to work from. Sometimes these ‘photominiatures’ were accepted for exhibition by unsuspecting ‘Hanging Committees’, not realizing that what were really tinted photographs masquerading as miniatures! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">This miniature of Sir Connop Guthrie was painted in 1938 and is a fine example of Stella's work. Sir Connop and Monty were friends and business partners. In 1934 Sir Connop persuaded the Prudential to bankroll London Films, where Monty was General Manager.</b></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here are three more miniatures painted after Stella's move to Britain.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In 1948, on the recommendation of Sir James Mann, Director of the Wallace Collection, Stella was given a commission by the Duke of Edinburgh to paint a miniature of the then HRH Princess Elizabeth. Following this she painted miniatures of all the Royal Family, to much acclaim.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">As a career artist with an exceptional reputation, Stella Lewis Marks was awarded an MVO ( Member of the Royal Victorian Order) in 1978 for her personal service to the Monarch. Sadly, her career was already coming to a close because of her declining eyesight and by 1980 she was blind.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Further information on Stella and Monty can be seen on <a href="http://www.montyandstellamarks.com/">www.montyandstellamarks.com</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Marks">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Marks</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">When </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Antony</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> sent us the images, we noted the damage of the peeling paint and could not believe it was an enamel miniature, believing it to be perhaps a poorly surviving watercolour or even a later imprint from more recent times. We were quite wrong. It was indeed one the very few surviving enamel miniatures painted by Grimaldi and with some clever and persistent detective work, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Antony</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> discovered the identity of the sitter; Lord Altamont. Antony's detailed research also revealed that the miniature is based on a portrait of Lord Altamont by Sir Joshua Reynolds, currently held in a private collection. William Grimaldi’s grandson, Alexander Beaufort Grimaldi, compiled a ‘Catalogue, Chronological and Descriptive, of Paintings, Drawings, & Engravings, By and After William Grimaldi’, a limited edition, now a rare book, but later copies may still be obtained, as the original is not protected by Copyright. According to this catalogue, Grimaldi painted two enamel miniatures of Lord Altamont (John Denis Browne 1756-1809) in 1787, numbers 4 and 5, originally copied from a watercolour on ivory version of the sitter. One of the enamels, the artist kept for himself, which in 1854 was possessed by his son, Stacey. William Grimaldi personally listed the enamel miniatures he painted and the accompanying notes he wrote about their production makes very interesting and astonishing reading. For those who understand the challenges of painting an enamel miniature, it is apparent that it is an extraordinarily difficult and laborious task and not one that any artist – even a talented miniature painter – could undertake without acquiring the specialist skills to perfect the colours and repeatedly fire the different colours in a kiln. The difficulties Grimaldi faced are documented in detail. Of the total of 38 enamel miniatures painted during his career, many were damaged during the complicated process… no. 12 ‘This picture cracked but was recovered’, no. 13. ‘This plate gave me infinite trouble and labour, by cracking in the fire, then being mended, and at last lost. Never can be recovered. The labour or time in painting and mending took me 20 days’, no. 21 ‘This picture cracked and afterwards some part broke by a fall. But I recovered it quite perfect. N.B. The above was the cause of it going 5 times in the fire more than it otherwise would..’ no. 34 ‘Cracked’, no. 35 ‘Spoilt in firing’, no. 36 ‘spoilt in firing’.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The clue to what happened to Antony’s enamel miniature is explained in Grimaldi’s notes on no. 22. ‘This plate cracked and was mended and touched with watercolour’ and no. 30. ‘This enamel was afterwards touched or mended with watercolours, and went to Ireland, and after two years returned much damaged…’ And so we conclude that Grimaldi used watercolour on a number of his enamel miniatures in order to recover them after firing accidents. In Antony’s miniature, we can see that the watercolour would not adhere properly, hence the peeling of the paint around the sitter’s head. Interestingly, Grimaldi bought the prepared plates that he painted on from either a Mr. Griffiths or a Mr. Long and he paid for the firings as he probably did not have the skills for this process, or it was not worthwhile for him to have his own kiln. The fact that any of Grimaldi’s 38 attempted enamel miniatures survive today is remarkable and is testament to their rarity.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Until very recently when the laws of succession were changed, the title of Prince of Monaco and heir to the throne of </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Monaco</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> could only devolve through the male line. In 1918, Prince Louis, the heir apparent, was unmarried and childless and the next in line to the throne was a cousin, a German national. Given the animosity between </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">France</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> and </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Germany</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> because of the First World War, it was considered unacceptable for the cousin to become heir to the Principality and a solution was sought. Prince Louis therefore legally adopted a female called Charlotte, apparently his illegitimate child and she was named heir to the throne. She became a Duchess and on her marriage her husband changed his name to Grimaldi and became Prince of Monaco. </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Charlotte</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> later divorced her husband and named her son as heir. Her son, </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Rainier</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">, went on to succeed to the title and to marry the actress, Grace Kelly. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">William Grimaldi’s son, Stacey, was a lawyer and a specialist in peerage cases. In 1834 he established and recorded the pedigree of his branch of the Grimaldi family at the </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">College</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> of </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Arms</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> in </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">London</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. This research led the way for a claim by a descendant in 1922, which was reported in the newspapers. Unfortunately, the descendant, Marquis George Frederick Grimaldi, was baffled by how he should proceed with his claim, and nothing came of it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">William Grimaldi was born in </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">St. Leonard</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">’s, Shoreditch, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">London</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> on 26</span><sup style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">th</sup><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> August 1751. His father, Alexander (1714-1800), was the son of Alessandro Maria Grimaldi (1659-1732), and heir to the Genoese family of Grimaldi, being the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">7th Marquess. His mother was Esther Barton (1721-1774) and his father’s second wife</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In 1764, when William was 13, he was apprenticed for seven years to his uncle, Thomas Worlidge, a successful artist, to study drawing and painting. Worlidge had himself received instruction from William’s grandfather, Alessandro, who was also an artist, and had married Alessandro’s daughter, Arabella, as his first wife. About two years after William had left home to live with his uncle at </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Great Queen Street, Lincoln</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">’s Inn Fields, Worlidge died in 1766 leaving the young Grimaldi to reside with his aunt, Worlidge’s widow and his third wife, for the remainder of his apprenticeship. William Grimaldi continued to study portrait painting and to master watercolour, portrait miniatures, enamelling and oil painting. The Worlidge family again became connected to the Grimaldis when Thomas Worlidge Junior, the only surviving son of Worlidge Senior’s third marriage, married William Grimaldi’s sister, Phoebe c. 1785.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">In 1777, William accompanied his father to </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Paris</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> and remained for the following six years. He gained many commissions from the city’s High Society, having been given introductions to the King’s Almoner through his friendship with Abbe Clovet. Reputedly, his polished manners, amiable disposition and cheerfulness won him many clients. He also received offers to advance his position on condition that he embrace the Roman Catholic religion, which he declined. William’s father, Alexander, had already relinquished his Catholicism.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">On 13</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> November 1783, Grimaldi married Miss Frances Barker in </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">England</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> and returned to </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Paris</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> with his bride, where they set up home until the following year. On returning to England William and his wife had four children, the youngest, Henry, died aged 15. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Although Grimaldi exhibited at the </span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Royal Academy</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> in 1786 and continued to do so until 1824, he did not enrol as a student at the Academy Schools. He gained many introductions through his friendship with the first President of the Academy, Joshua Reynolds, and quickly established himself in Royal circles, with the appointment of Miniature Painter to the Duke of York in 1790 and the Duchess of York in 1791, followed by the appointment of Enamel Painter Extraordinary to the Prince of Wales (later George IV) in 1804. There are still twelve miniatures by Grimaldi in the Royal Collection today, most of them commissioned by George, Prince of Wales.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: start;">We are grateful to Antony Paul Colton Halls, a descendant of the Grimaldi family and an artist himself, for sharing previously unknown details about William Grimaldi, after three decades of interest and research. Antony has his own personal fascinating story to tell (please see below) about an acquired enamel miniature and his belief that the wrong branch of the family sit on the Grimaldi throne.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">His father's family later settled in England, where his father worked as a merchant in commerce at 7 New Street, Birmingham, according to Baileys British Directory for Merchants and Traders. His parents married on 30th March 1758 in the parish of Saint Martins, Birmingham. His father was naturalised British on 21st December 1767 and died in Birmingham in 1807 and his mother, Elizabeth, died the following year. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The artist had five siblings; four sisters and one brother called George, although only he and his youngest sister, Sarah (1771-1849) are known to have survived into adulthood. At some point Nicholas moved to London to pursue his career as an artist and he is listed in 1790 in Wakefield's Merchant and Tradesman's General Directory for London as a Portrait and Landscape Painter, living at 426 Strand, London. On <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_538372639" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">29th August</span></span>, 1791. he married Mary Stokes in St. Martin in the Fields. Pallot's Marriage Index for England reveals a copy of his marriage record, showing his distinctive writing of his surname.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Further details of the couple can be seen on <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.anthropos.org.je&source=gmail&ust=1490099068716000&usg=AFQjCNGzvw9E-2qvucL87qa8LW_QWrDCDg" href="http://www.anthropos.org.je/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.anthropos.org.je</a>. We are grateful to Mr. J. Sykes for allowing us to use these images and for providing further information about the <span class="il">Freese</span> family.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Nicholas and his wife, Mary, called their only son George, after the artist's brother, and their youngest daughter, Mary, after her mother. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Their son, George Fraser <span class="il">Freese</span> (1792-1813) was a lieutenant in the British army and served in the 59th regiment of foot. He died in the Peninsular War. The European Magazine and London review Volume 64, Jul - Dec. 1813, p. 365, lists amongst its 'Deaths Abroad' section:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">'Lieutenant George Fraser <span class="il">Freese</span>, of the 59th Regiment of foot, in his 22nd year, only son of Mr. N. <span class="il">Freese</span>, artist. As an ensign, he partook in the perils of the Walcheren expedition; in the memorable battle of Vittoria (sic) as a lieutenant, his intrepidity was highly conspicuous and claimed the particular attention of the Hon. Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Fane, now no more, and at the storming of St. Sebastian he was mortally wounded whilst gallantly leading and cheering the brave company he had the honour to command and which was one of the first that stormed the breach.'</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">George Fraser <span class="il">Freese</span> was wounded storming San Sebastian on 31st August 1813 and died on 5th September 1813. (Further references: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.napoleonguide.com&source=gmail&ust=1490099068716000&usg=AFQjCNG2jZrdW-hUXvprkp22S9snTyIvOw" href="http://www.napoleonguide.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.napoleonguide.com</a>,British Army Officers Casualties Peninsular War. Peninsular Warin Battle of Vitoria).</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Nicholas <span class="il">Freese</span> exhibited at the Royal Academy 1794-1814. His last exhibit in 1814 was a miniature in memory of his dead son, George. It is possible that he did not paint any miniatures after this date. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">His daughter, Mary, was an actress. She appears to have used the spelling Freize for her surname. Whilst performing on the Southampton and Portsmouth circuit, she met her future husband, the actor and writer Henry Stephen Kemble (1789-1836), a member of the famous acting family. Despite opposition from his family, he and Mary were married on 23rd January 1814 at South Shields, Durham. Later that year, Mary played the part of Agnes in The Mountaineers at the Haymarket, London on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_538372646" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">12th July</span></span>, whilst her husband played the part of Octavian. He did not have a high reputation as an actor, but was deemed to be good at 'ranting and raving'. Mary was described in The Dictionary of National Biography as 'pretty, lively and vivacious, but overpowered by timidity'. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">(Further references: A Biographic Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London 1660-1800 by Philip H. Highfill, Kalman A. Burnim, Edward A. Langhans (Copyright 1982 South Illinois University Press), British Pirates in Print & Performance, Introducing 'Striding the Deck, Strutting the Stage.')</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We went at the start of the exhibition and set up a special display called 'Children through the Ages.' This showcased miniatures painted from 1640 to today of children. Here are some photos of the children miniatures on display</span><br />
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We have been writing a book and have done a lot of research into George Engleheart and his Nephew John Cox Dillman Engleheart and have just published the book. It has been an exciting project for us and you should be able to get it on Amazon soon or email us for details. It is a hardback with 196 pages. The last book written on Engleheart was in 1902 by George Williamson which unfortunately was full of errors.<br />
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We have just curated an exhibition called 'Children through the Ages' which is now on at the Mall Galleries, London with the RMS annual show. Next month we are off to Celle, Germany to give a talk on John Engleheart. Busy times!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The exhibition was officially opened on Tuesday 13th October by author and public speaker, Dr. Gervase Phinn, who gave an amusing and interesting introduction and then graciously presented the Awards.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The standard of exhibits was as high as ever, with many new artists. One of the notables among new artists exhibiting at the RMS was polish Ewa Buksa-Klinowska, whose astounding enamel miniatures swept up The Gold Bowl and also the Connoisseurs Award. Ewa flew over for the event to receive her prizes in person and was overwhelmed by the occasion, saying that the praise had 'hit her in the heart'! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">The first day of the exhibition was bustling with activity, with many red 'sold' spots appearing in the cabinets containing the works of art.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">An additional exhibition of some highlights from the Society's Diploma Collection displayed the wonderfully lovely miniature of HM The Queen in her younger days. An apt reminder of our longest-serving Monarch.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">For the first time ever, all the exhibits can now be viewed on-line at <a href="http://www.royal-miniature-society.org.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.royal-miniature-society.<wbr></wbr>org.uk</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; text-align: start;">Following additional research by living descendants of the Laidman family, it has now been established that the two miniature painters, Ida and Edith, had a sister, (Charlotte) Mary and two brothers, the Rev. William Ernest and the eldest, George Henry Laidman (born 1871 in India). George became a Civil Engineer and married May Constance Hovenden in Salisbury, Rhodesia in 1919. None of the sisters married and it is thought that the Rev. William also remained single.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; text-align: start;">Further information has now come to light regarding these two artists with the exciting discovery by collector, Warren Kundis, of a miniature of 'Mary' Laidman (1874-1954) by her sister Edith.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">This year the new President of the Society, Rosalind Pierson, takes over from the much-loved and revered artist, Elizabeth Meek. With impeccable timing, Rosalind managed to win the foremost award this year 'The Prince of Wales Award for Miniature Painting'. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Our own award went to Suzanne Bradley, who makes a speciality of painting animals. We could not resist 'Murphy' for its excellence. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; text-align: start;">Robert Lee Keeling was born in Baltimore, USA. His father, Robert James Keeling, was a clergyman. His mother was Elizabeth Bend Polk (1830-1874) and her son's miniature of her is now in the New York Historical Society Museum. He had a sister, Rose, who married Stilson Hutchins, the founder of the Washington Post, and the couple became well known in the newspaper Society columns. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia, serif;">By the time he was 16, Keeling's family had moved to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and the 1880 Census reveals that he was still at school at that time. In June 1891 the New York Times reported that a sketch performed at the Lyceum Theatre called 'A Lesson in Acting' featured a young Robert Lee Keeling 'hitherto unheard of, was the real thing....' Although Keeling started his career as a stage actor, by the time he was in his 30's he was a miniature painter of great repute. It is not known where he trained as an artist. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia, serif;">In March 1893 the New York Times announced that Keeling was to marry Nannie Key Michell (nee Tyson), a widow some 20 years older than him, previously married to a wealthy auctioneer.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia, serif;">Keeling's reputation as a miniature painter soon took on near legendary status on both sides of the Atlantic. American newspapers made much of his Royal commissions to paint Queen Alexandra in 1901, and King Edward VII the following year. He painted many a famous family in both Europe and America and gossip about his personal life featured in a clutch of newspapers in 1897, when his first wife, Nannie Key Keeling , from whom he was estranged, aged 'in her fifties', was found dead in her home. Apparently the marriage was unhappy and the couple had soon separated, with Nannie living most of the time in New York and Keeling living in Washington. Even the New York Times ran the story in its September 19th 1897 edition.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Keeling was a frequent visitor to England and exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1905. He mixed with the cream of society with families like the Vanderbilts and Stuyvesants and his comings and goings were dutifully recorded in the Social Pages - what parties he attended, where he was staying, who he was seeing. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 12.800000190734863px; text-align: start;">This miniature by him dated 1903 may possibly be his second wife, Caroline. Originally in a gold frame and kept in its Tiffany leather travel case purchased from Bond Street, London, the suggestion is that it was painted in London. The romantic and superb setting of the miniature attest to it being a gift of love. </span></div>
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There must be many miniatures from the early 20th Century hidden in drawers and boxes, and families have now forgotten which relatives they portray and haven't a clue who painted them... and so they end up in auctions labelled 'English' school!</div>
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Many of these are often initialled, and sometimes one can be lucky enough to find an exhibition label hidden behind the felt backing pad, which would reveal the name and address of the artist, and perhaps even the identity of the sitter. It is always best to look! Most of the frames from this era are the pinchbeck type with little pins holding everything together. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; text-align: start;">Faced with this monogram signature, how many would guess it is AU 1913 with the year divided around the initials? This is the work of Ann Underwood. </span></div>
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Although this lady is not a beauty, the miniature is exceptionally well painted, in the traditional way, on ivory.</div>
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Ann Underwood lived and worked in Brighton. She studied initially in Brighton and then under the famously blunt Sir Hubert Herkomer in Bushey, Herts. Her father was a publican but she preferred the description 'Hotel Proprietor'. She exhibited at the Royal Academy and Royal Miniature Society from 1911 - c1932. (details from Dictionary of Miniature Painters 1870-1970 ISBN 9782953662511).</div>
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A later miniature by this artist, again with the same monogram, shows an exquisite painting of a young girl, in one of the hardest poses to 'pull off', painted on ivorine c. 1932 </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px; text-align: start;">A few miniatures by this exceptional artist have appeared for sale in the last couple of years - perhaps you have one tucked away in YOUR attic? </span></div>
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portraitminiatureclubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802953277995174913noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8755874589885813577.post-71631499373832223432014-02-04T06:25:00.000-08:002014-02-04T06:25:20.647-08:00HUGH NICHOLSON - AN IMMENSELY TALENTED WANDSWORTH ARTIST (1865-1932?)<div style="text-align: center;">
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By 1871 Hugh's mother and siblings had moved to 5 Middleton Terrace, Merton Road, Wandsworth, London. </div>
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Twenty years later, Hugh was working as an artist/miniature painter and living at 8 Thurleigh Road, Balham. <br />
It is a mystery why work by this brilliant artist does not come to light. He appears to have always signed his work on the front and used his full name rather than a monogram. He was a founding member of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters and exhibited at their exhibitions and elsewhere.<br />
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Through his sister, Florence, he was uncle to 'Miss Marple' actress, Margaret Rutherford.</div>
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Like a number of accomplished Brit artists of the time, In 1896 he emigrated to America, where his work - miniatures in particular - would command a much higher price. He settled in Baltimore, Maryland at one time living at No. 415 and later No. 417 West Fayette Street.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.800000190734863px;">At some point after 1911, he returned to England, and was thought to have settled in Brighton, Sussex. It seems likely that he died in Brighton in 1932 at 14a Stone Street, at the time a converted 'fly' stables and since then, a listed building. It is thought that he was practicing as an artist and photographer. </span></div>
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The WARTS AND ALL Exhibition is an historic exhibition of works by the 17<sup>th</sup> Century Master, Samuel Cooper, and his contemporaries, held at the Philip Mould Gallery in Dover Street, London W.1. Arranged in a museum-like setting within the Gallery, this superb exhibition is curated by Emma Rutherford, their in-house miniature specialist. </div>
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Although none of the exhibits is for sale, there is an extensive range of miniatures for sale from the gallery’s own collection.</div>
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The exhibition runs until 7<sup>th</sup> December, and is open <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1690759805" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10.00-5.00p.m. and on Saturday</span></span> 12 – 4.00p.m. Entrance is free.</div>
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For those unable to go, there is an accompanying catalogue featuring all the miniatures on display with a lot of additional information – more of a reference book than a catalogue, it is available from Philip Mould at £25 (<a href="http://www.philipmould.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.philipmould.com</a>). </div>
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The Exhibition was opened by the Rt. Hon. Michael Portillo who did a wonderful job and set the pace for the first exciting few days.</div>
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An extra bonus is the retrospective exhibition of miniatures by Michael Bartlett PVPRMS (1922-2008), curated by the well known art critic, Anthony Lester. This gives a fascinating insight into Michael's life with some of his famous 'soldier' miniatures on show, which he loved painting and made something of a speciality. </div>
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With an exceptionally high standard of entrants, there are many 'highlights', but here are a few of our favourites. If you happen to be in London, why not go and see for yourself? </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"> If you happen to be in London, why not go and see for yourself? You might pick up some wonderful and original early Christmas presents or some fantastic, unique and well priced Christmas cards from a large selection.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">The couple live in Celle, Mrs.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Tansey's home town, although her husband is American. They have been</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">collecting miniatures for over 30 years. In 1997 they created a</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Foundation to preserve their collection and make it available for</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">anyone to see, either physically at the Bomann Museum or online in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">English at </span><a href="http://www.miniaturen-tansey.de/en" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" target="_blank">www.miniaturen-tansey.de/en</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">.</span></div>
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He</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">arrived in the early hours of the morning.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">The Conference was packed with miniature enthusiasts, curators,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">conservators, art historians and other specialists and the atmosphere</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">was very exciting, as participants were able to hear presentations</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">from some of the most knowledgeable experts in the world and see</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">images of collections not readily available to the public. It was</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">also an occasion to meet and talk to others with a shared interest in</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">miniatures during the many opportunities during the two days of the</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Conference. The event was brilliantly organized by the well known art</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">historian/conservator/author Bernd Pappe, Juliane Schmieglitz-Otten,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Head of the Residence Museum at Celle Caste, and Dr. Gerrit Walczak,</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Art Historian, Berlin. Bernd and Juliane wrote the beautiful</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">catalogue 'Miniatures from the Time of Marie Antoinette in the Tansey</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Collection' to accompany the Fifth Exhibition, which helpfully</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">includes an English translation.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">This book can be ordered online from the Tansey website or from Amazon</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">and is also available from large bookstores.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">If you happen to come across a miniature by Miss Lewis, we suggest you 'snap it up'. Not only will it be very finely painted, but Miss Lewis herself had a spectacular career - as an actress! Born as Mabel Gwynedd Lewis in 1872, she was born into a wealthy and talented family. Her father, Arthur James Lewis, was a painter, illustrator and musician. Her mother was an actress, Kate Terry, a niece of the famous Ellen Terry and her siblings, all actors. Mabel's sister, Kate Terry Lewis (1868-1958) was the mother of John Gielgud. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Mabel Terry Lewis appeared in many stage plays. Her London stage debut was in 'A Pair of Spectacles' at the Garrick Theatre in 1889, in which she played Lucy Lorimer. For twenty or so years she had a film career, appearing in Love Maggy in 1921, The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1934, Jamaica Inn in 1939 and They Came to a City in 1945. She married Captain Ralph Batley. </span></div>
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