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Angelica Kauffman.
CHAPTER XVIII.
Angelica Kauffman.
/CTGSIdC^ KAUFBMAJV
,/ A fancy subjects, particularly in ovals and circles—forms in which
painted a great
number of
she seemed to
delight. Alderman Boydell published upwards of sixty plates from pictures painted by
her. She was born in 1740, and died November 7th, 1807, her funeral, in Rome, being
attended, it is said, by more than one hundred ecclesiastics in the habits of their several
orders, and the members of the literary societies. In the procession were displayed
some of her best pictures, borne on the shoulders of the mourners.
Marie Anne Angelique Catherine Kauffman, R.A.—better known as Angelica Kauff-
man—was the daughter of a Swiss portrait painter, under whom she studied. She accom-
panied Lady Wentworth to England in 1765, where her brilliant reputation, both as a
painter and musician, had preceded her. Her beauty, charm of manner, and versatile
talent soon made her a public favourite, which she remained during the whole of her
residence in this country, extending over a period of seventeen years. Her designs are
elegant and pleasing, and her drawing—which Bartolozzi in his reproduction of her works
often put right—weak and faulty; her colouring was always harmonious. The story of
her career does not need re-telling here. The ignominious tragedy of which she was
the heroine—the trick played on her by a lackey, who married her in his master's name
—ruined her life as a woman, though it did not mar her artistic career. Sir Joshua
Reynolds had previously admired her, and proposed for her hand. She was over-praised,
but bore her honours meekly.
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77
CHAPTER XVIII.
Angelica Kauffman.
/CTGSIdC^ KAUFBMAJV
,/ A fancy subjects, particularly in ovals and circles—forms in which
painted a great
number of
she seemed to
delight. Alderman Boydell published upwards of sixty plates from pictures painted by
her. She was born in 1740, and died November 7th, 1807, her funeral, in Rome, being
attended, it is said, by more than one hundred ecclesiastics in the habits of their several
orders, and the members of the literary societies. In the procession were displayed
some of her best pictures, borne on the shoulders of the mourners.
Marie Anne Angelique Catherine Kauffman, R.A.—better known as Angelica Kauff-
man—was the daughter of a Swiss portrait painter, under whom she studied. She accom-
panied Lady Wentworth to England in 1765, where her brilliant reputation, both as a
painter and musician, had preceded her. Her beauty, charm of manner, and versatile
talent soon made her a public favourite, which she remained during the whole of her
residence in this country, extending over a period of seventeen years. Her designs are
elegant and pleasing, and her drawing—which Bartolozzi in his reproduction of her works
often put right—weak and faulty; her colouring was always harmonious. The story of
her career does not need re-telling here. The ignominious tragedy of which she was
the heroine—the trick played on her by a lackey, who married her in his master's name
—ruined her life as a woman, though it did not mar her artistic career. Sir Joshua
Reynolds had previously admired her, and proposed for her hand. She was over-praised,
but bore her honours meekly.
CHAPTER
77