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Cordelia Lutheran Cemetery
Cordelia is a feminine given name. It was borne by the tragic heroine of Shakespeare's '' King Lear'' (1606), a character based on the legendary queen Cordelia. The name is of uncertain origin. It is popularly associated with Latin ''cor'' (genitive ''cordis'') " heart", and has also been linked with the Welsh name Creiddylad, allegedly meaning "jewel of the sea", but it may derive from the French ''coeur de lion'' "heart of a lion". Real people with the name * Cordelia Botkin, American murderer * Cordelia of Britain, legendary queen of the Britons, youngest daughter of King Leir * Cordelia Bugeja, British actress * Cordelia Cameron, Australian actor-mananger *Cordelia de Castellane, French designer * Cordelia Throop Cole (1833–1900), American social reformer * Cordelia Fine, British academic psychologist and writer * Cordelia Agnes Greene, 19th-century physician, philanthropist and suffragist from Upstate New York * Cordelia Harvey, First Lady First lady is an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Frederick Yeames
William Frederick Yeames (; 18 December 1835 – 3 May 1918) was a British painter best known for his oil-on-canvas ''"And When Did You Last See Your Father?"'', which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. Biography Yeames was born in Taganrog, Russia, the son of a British consul based in Russia. After the death of his father in 1842, Yeames was sent to school in Dresden where he began studying painting. ] After a change in the fortunes of his family, Yeames moved to London in 1848, where he learnt anatomy and composition from George Scharf and took art lessons from F. A. Westmacott. In 1852 he journeyed to Florence where he studied with Enrico Pollastrini and Raphael Buonajuti. During his time there he painted at the Life School at the Grand Ducal Academy, drawing from frescoes by Andrea del Sarto, Ghirlandaio and Gozzoli. Continuing on to Rome, he painted landscape studies and copied Old Masters, including the fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
