daughter of a minister
Mr. Dickinson’s Academy (Maddox Street, London); with portrait painter James Leigh
1851 – first Royal Academy (RA) exhibition
1852-6 – exhibits at British Institution; begins exhibiting at Royal Society of British Artists
1855 – My Cottage Door exhibited at the RA and purchased by Queen Victoria (of England)
1860 – wins the silver medal for best historical or figure subject at the Crystal Palace Picture Gallery
1870s – exhibits at the Dudley Gallery, the Society of Lady Artists, the Grosvenor Gallery and the New Gallery
Munich (1861); Glasgow
Queen Victoria
My Cottage Door, 1855 (Royal Collection, England)
The Governess, 1860 (Royal Collection, England)
Cherry, Deborah. Painting Women: Victorian Women Artists. London: Routledge, 1993
Thomas, Julia. Victoria Narrative Painting. London: Tate, 2000