Friday, October 16, 2015

2015 EXHIBITION OF ROYAL MINIATURE SOCIETY

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The exhibition was officially opened on Tuesday 13th October by author and public speaker, Dr. Gervase Phinn, who gave an amusing and i...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

THE LAIDMAN SISTERS : Ida Frances Laidman (1878-1962) and Edith Annie Laidman (1880-1943)

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Following additional research by living descendants of the Laidman family, it has now been established that the two miniature painters,...
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Sunday, October 19, 2014

DON'T MISS - FREE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL MINIATURE SOCIETY

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The RMS is holding its annual exhibition in The Mall Galleries, London SW1 (just off Trafalgar Square).   With about 600 exhibits inc...
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Saturday, March 8, 2014

THE GENIUS OF ROBERT LEE KEELING (born Baltimore c. 1864)

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Robert Lee Keeling was born in Baltimore, USA.  His father, Robert James Keeling, was a clergyman.  His mother was Elizabeth Bend P...
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Saturday, March 1, 2014

MINIATURES BY ADA WHITING

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Although born in Tasmania, Ada Whiting's work appears to turn up just as frequently in England and America as in Australasia.  During...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

EARLY 20TH CENTURY PORTRAIT MINIATURES Miss Ann ('Annie') Underwood (1876-1942)

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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 ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2014

HUGH NICHOLSON - AN IMMENSELY TALENTED WANDSWORTH ARTIST (1865-1932?)

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Hugh Nicholson was born in 1865 in Wandsworth, London.  His mother was Elizabeth Waterer and his father was David Nicholson, a locally ...