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Margaret Herschel
Lady Margaret Brodie Stewart became Margaret Herschel (1810–1864) was a British botanical artist and hostess. While she was in South Africa she and her husband made dozens of botanical paintings of wild flowers which they brought back to Europe for study. Her husband was one of the leading scientists in Victorian Britain. Life Lady Margaret Brodie Stewart was born in 1810. Her father was Alexander Stewart DD, a Scottish Presbyterian minister and Gaelic scholar. She married her cousin John Herschel on 3 March 1829 in Edinburgh. Visit to South Africa Her husband had his own inherited money and he paid £500 for passage on the S.S. ''Mountstuart Elphinstone''. She and her husband and their three children and her husband's 20 inch telescope departed from Portsmouth on 13 November 1833. The voyage to South Africa was made so that her husband could catalogue the stars, nebulae, and other objects of the Southern Skies, southern skies. They arrived in Cape Town on 15 January 1834 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Edward Chalon
Alfred Edward Chalon (15 February 1780 – 3 October 1860) was a Swiss-born British portraitist. He lived in London where he was noticed by Queen Victoria. Biography Alfred Chalon was born in Geneva from a father who soon was hired as professor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, in England. With his brother John James Chalon (1778–1854), Alfred became an artist. Entered at the Royal Academy in 1797, he joined the Associated Artists in Water-Colours, a group of aquarellists. In the Academy, he was elected an associate (ARA) in 1812, then academician (RA) in 1816. Known for his portraits of the good society of London, he was chosen by Queen Victoria to paint a gift to her mother:Negus, Ron (September 2007). "The Queen in close-up", ''Stamp Magazine'' 73-9, page 47. Victoria in her State robes going to the House of Lords for her first official act, the prorogation of the Parliament, on 17 July 1837. After this task, Chalon was entitled Portrait Painter in Water Colou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
