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Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), Painter

Sitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 21 portraits
The Swiss-born Angelica Kauffmann was an artist of international training and reputation. She was escorted by her artist-father to study the Old Masters in the major Italian cities. Time spent with the English community in Rome convinced her to come to London in 1766 where she joined Sir Joshua Reynolds's social circle. Her reputation for portraiture and history painting led to her becoming a founder member of the Royal Academy in 1768. Excluded from the life class, Kauffmann developed her own brand of history painting which focused on female subjects from classical history and mythology.

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Benjamin West

by Angelica Kauffmann
black chalk on greenish grey paper, 1763
On display in Room 16 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 1649

Angelica Kauffmann

by Angelica Kauffmann
oil on canvas, circa 1770-1775
NPG 430

John Simpson

by Angelica Kauffmann
oil on canvas, circa 1777
NPG 1485

Anna Maria Jenkins; Thomas Jenkins

by Angelica Kauffmann
oil on canvas, 1790
On display on Floor 2: Portraits Tell Stories at Beningbrough Hall
NPG 5044

Princess Augusta Charlotte, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttell; Prince Charles George Augustus of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

by Jonathan Spilsbury, after Angelica Kauffmann
mezzotint, (1767)
NPG D33048

Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

by Thomas Burke, after Angelica Kauffmann
mezzotint, published 1772
NPG D21301

Lady Augusta Campbell

by Gabriel Scorodoomoff, published by Robert Sayer, after Angelica Kauffmann
stipple engraving, published 2 July 1776
NPG D15049

John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield

by and published by John Raphael Smith, after Angelica Kauffmann
mezzotint, published 12 March 1777
NPG D40687

John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield

by and published by John Raphael Smith, after Angelica Kauffmann
mezzotint, published 12 March 1777
NPG D40688

Emma, Lady Hamilton

by Raphael Morghen, after Angelica Kauffmann
line engraving, (1791)
NPG D19120

Sarah Bates (née Harrop)

after Angelica Kauffmann
stipple engraving, 1793
NPG D14141

Subject from the Arabian Nights?

by Anker Smith, after Angelica Kauffmann
line engraving, circa 1803
NPG D21654

Margaret Bingham (née Smith), Countess of Lucan

by Samuel Freeman, published by Thomas Frognall Dibdin, after Robert William Satchwell, after Angelica Kauffmann
stipple engraving, published 1820
NPG D14775