Eastlake, Elizabeth (Rigby), and Rigby, Anna (Palgrave), c 1843-1847
Scope and Contents
Group portrait of Anna (Palgrave) Rigby and Elizabeth (Rigby) Eastlake. Caption: "Mrs. Rigby and Miss Rigby (Lady Eastlake)".
Dates
- Creation: c 1843-1847
Creator
- From the Collection: Hill, David Octavius, 1802-1870 (Painter and Photographer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Adamson, Robert, 1821-1848 (Photographer and Engineer) (Photographer, Person)
- From the Collection: Elliot, Andrew, 1830-1922 ("Senior"; bookseller and publisher) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
From a typed note pasted on the page: "Eastlake, Elizabeth, Lady (1809-1893), authoress; daughter of Edward Rigby (1747-1821) [q. v.]; travelled in Germany and Russia, and published, 1841, 'A Residence on the Shores of the Baltic'; contributed, from 1841, numerous articles to 'Quarterly,' in one of which (1848) she attacked 'Jane Eyre'; married Sir Charles Lock Eastlake [q. v.], 1849. Her works include translation of Waagen's 'Treasures of Art in Great Britain,' 1854-7, 'Five Great Painters,' 1883, and a revised editions of her husband's issue of Kügler's 'Handbook of Painting: Italian Schools,' 1874. Her 'Journals and Correspondence' appeared, 1895. [Suppl. ii. 173]".
Full Extent
1 photograph
Physical Location
Volume V, p. 414
General
LUNA Work Record ID: 0010647
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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