A soldier and diplomat, the Chevalier d’Eon was one of the most colourful and celebrated characters in eighteenth-century Britain. Although born in France, the Chevalier lived in London from 1762-1777 ...

Rich began his artistic career working for a firm of heraldic painters from 1870 until 1890, when he started studying at the Slade School of art. His first public exhibition was at his studio in ...

George Frederick Ormsby (1838-1901), Captain, 2nd Dragoon Guards; son of 4th Marquess of Londonderry and Giulia Grisi. Sitter in 3 portraits.

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This portrait of Burghley differs from most others in its fine modelling of his features. Burghley wears his robes of a Knight of the Garter, with the splendid collar, or 'Greater George', of the ...

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Boshier was born in Devon and studied at Yeovil School of Art and Guildford College of Art. As a Royal College of Art student, he was associated with Pop, but differed in his use of satire. His work ...

At eighteen Blundell became a farm hand in Kenya, later buying a farm at Solai in the Rift valley. His political career began in 1948 when he became elected Member of Parliament in the Kenyan ...

Clockmaker; he perfected the chronometer, and won the prize for determining longitude at sea in 1773.

The Grosevenor Gallery opens, founded by Sir Coutts Lindsay, as a rival to the Royal Academy. It exhibited work by artists such as Edward Burne-Jones and Walter Crane, outside of the British ...