Southall's main body of work comprises highly crafted paintings of mythological and romantic subjects, though he was also an outstanding portrait and landscape artist. A visit to Italy in 1883 proved ...

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Harold Knight was a painter of portraits and interiors. Born in Nottingham, the son of an architect, he studied at Nottingham School of Art and for a year in Paris at the Académie Julian. On his ...

The uncle of Lewis Carroll. Lutwidge was Britain's Lunacy Commissioner from 1855 until his death in 1873, after his head was pierced by a large nail wielded by a patient.

Eleanor of Castile was the first queen consort of King Edward I. She was the daughter of King Ferdinand III of Castile and his wife, Joan of Ponthieu. In 1254 Eleanor was married to Lord Edward, son ...

Known as the 'Dancing Marquess', Henry Paget converted the chapel of Plas Newydd (renamed Anglesey Castle) into his own Gaiety Theatre. He squandered vast sums on the purchase of jewellery, luxurious ...

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(1328-1385), Known as 'the Fair Maid of Kent'; former wife of 2nd Earl of Salisbury and Sir Thomas Holland, and later wife of Edward, Prince of Wales ...

Despite childhood illnesses and lack of formal education, Caroline Herschel defied contemporary expectations by becoming a celebrated astronomer. Her achievements include preparing an index to ...

A South Wales landowner and industrialist. He saw the potential of his family's estates as a site for an extensive ironworks, served by railways. A Liberal Member of Parliament from 1830 until his ...

This photograph features three fashion dolls with clothes in the style of Paul Poiret that were gifts from the film actress Marika Rivera, and McBean and two figures of David Ball (left) wearing ...

Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, museum director and architect, studied architecture at the National Art Training Schools. In 1867 he was employed by the works department of the South Kensington Museum (now ...