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So obsessed was miniaturist Samuel Andrews with the work of John Smart that he moved into a house in India in which Smart had resided. After being refused official passage, Andrews utilized one of the many devious methods to get to India, arriving in Madras in 1791. In Madras he produced lively portraits so like Smart’s that it is occasionally difficult to differentiate. But, in 1798, Andrews moved to Calcutta. There he developed his own unique style - profiles resembling carved marble, placed against a dark background. Stunning. The demand was great; his patrons for those unparalleled portraits included Lord Cornwallis and Marquis Wellesley (later the Duke of Wellington). Andrews never made it home to Ireland. He died in Patna in 1807 at the age of 40. ************************************** Samuel Andrews, signed & dated Calcutta, 1804. Provenance: The Duke of Atholl, Blair Castle. *************************************** #PortraitMiniature #PortraitMiniatures #HistoricArt #MiniaturePortraits #elleshushan #SamuelAndrews #BritishArtistsinIndia #Profile https://www.instagram.com/p/B1KQ64Ln7ul/?igshid=10qbpwyljmxlr

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Artist Maxine Helfman will discuss her powerful installation "Forefathers" today at The Winter Show, Park Avenue Armory, 4 -5pm, stand D1. *************** @TheWinterShowNYC @MaxineHelfman2 @ParkAvenueArmory #TheWinterShow #TheWinterShowNYC #MaxineHelfman #elleshushan #HistoricArt #AmericanPresidents #Photography #PhotographicArt #PhotographicArtist https://www.instagram.com/elleshushan/p/Bs0HVGqHuHp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1q31oj1zfi75g

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A granddaughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Elizabeth of Hesse grew up to be one of the great beauties of Europe. She threw over a coterie of suitors then shocked her grandmother by marrying (for love!) an insignificant Grand Duke, Sergei, the 5th son of Tsar Alexander II. The wedding was at the Winter Palace in 1884. There she introduced her younger sister Alexandra to her future husband, Tsarevich Nicholas. Appointed Governor-General of Moscow, Sergei had a palace in the Kremlin where they lived an elegant life - until Sergei’s assassination in 1905. Elizabeth sold her jewels and everything of value to create the convent of Saints Martha and Mary, dedicated to helping the poor of Moscow. Despite her years of great good deeds, she was still royalty and the sister of the Tsarina. In 1918, Lenin ordered Elizabeth’s arrest. She and other prisoners were taken to an abandoned mine then thrown down a 66 foot shaft, with grenades tossed in after. Of her horrible death, Lenin said “virtue with the crown on it is a greater enemy to the world revolution than a hundred tyrant tsars.” Elizabeth was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as Holy New Martyr Elizabeth Feodorovna Romanova. After the fall of the Soviet Union, a statue of Elizabeth was erected in the garden of her convent bearing the inscription “To the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna: With Repentance.” ✨ by Reginald Easton, 1868, in the Royal Collection @royal_collection_trust ✨ #RoyalCollection #Royal CollectionTrust #PortraitMiniature #PortraitMiniatures #MiniaturePortrait #MiniaturePortraits #HistoricArt #elleshushan #BritishPortrait #RoyalPortrait #BritishRoyalFamily #RussianRoyalFamily #ReginaldEaston #PrincessElizabethofHesse

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“Mary and Mammy” a portrait miniature of singular love and dignity, painted circa 1925 by Southern artist Sarah Eakin Cowan. The identities of the sitters have been lost, but the power of the portrait remains. *** In the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum @americanartmuseum #SAAM *** #PortraitMiniature #PortraitMiniatures #MiniaturePortrait #MiniaturePortraits #HistoricArt #elleshushan #AmericanPortraitMiniature #AmericanSocietyofMiniaturePainters #SarahEakinCowan #InternationalWomensMonth (at Smithsonian American Art Museum)

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Bettina von Zwehl's extraordinary petite puppy portrait of Cosmo, my shaggy Scottie. Today is National Puppy Day - reminding everyone of the joy that adopting a puppy from a shelter will bring. 🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶#NationalPuppyDay #ShaggyDog #ShopDontAdopt #ScottishTerrier #Scottie #ScottiesofInstagram #ScottishTerriersofInstagram #Cosmo #AdoptDontShop #ScottieRescue #elleshushan #ScottishTerrierRescue #BettinavonZwehl @bettinavonzwehl (at Philidelphia)

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Artist and storied beauty Maria Cosway by her husband, Richard Cosway, R.A., principal painter, confidant, fellow philanderer and tastemaker to the Prince of Wales. Still celebrated today as the object of Thomas Jefferson's affections, their romantic story has been told countless times.Though there was no actual affair (unlike her husband, she remained faithful), the pair corresponded for the rest of their lives. After Richard's death, Maria, a devout Catholic, established a convent school for girls in Lodi which she directed until her death. This splendid portrait is one of the many stars in the magnificent Wallace Collection. @wallacemuseum #WallaceCollection #WallaceAmericanFriends #HistoricArt #Portrait #PortraitMiniature #PortraitMiniatures #RichardCosway #MariaCosway #ThomasJefferson #GeorgeIV #PrinceofWales #PrinceRegent #JeffersoninParis #elleshushan #MiniaturePortrait (at The Wallace Collection)