British Women Artists 1780-1950

Many of the works in this exhibition have been recently rediscovered and reattributed.

While the difficulties confronted by women artists are becoming better known, it must not be forgotten that women were not admitted to the Schools of London's Royal Academy of Art until the 1860s, and remained excluded from their figure drawing classes until the 1890s. Married British women were not allowed to own property until 1870, including any profits from their work. Consequently they frequently inhabited the domestic sphere, as reflected in the subjects of many of the drawings.

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Above Image: Elizabeth Turner, Lady Palgrave (1799-1852), Dawson Turner's daughters sketching in his Study, Great Yarmouth, inscribed and dated: H.S.T. / M.A.T. / E.J.T. [Hannah Sarah, Mary Anne & Eleanor Jane Turner], Oct. 1835, pen and brown ink; 20 x 25 cm, 8 x 9 ¾ inches