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Maria Callcott
Maria Graham, Lady Callcott (née Dundas; 19 July 1785 – 21 November 1842), was a British writer of Travel literature, travel books and children's books, and also an accomplished illustrator. Early life She was born near Cockermouth in Cumberland as Maria Dundas. Educated in Richmond, Surrey, Richmond, she spent time in the vacation with her uncle Sir David Dundas, 1st Baronet, Sir David Dundas, who hosted many scientists and academics, which inspired her as a writer. She did not see much of her father during her childhood and teenage years, as he was one of the many naval officers that the Scottish Clan Dundas, Dundas clan has raised through the years. George Dundas (1756–1814) (not to be confused with the much more famous naval officer George Heneage Lawrence Dundas) was made post-captain in 1795 and saw plenty of action as commander of HMS Juno (1780), HMS ''Juno'', a fifth-rate 32-gun frigate, between 1798 and 1802. In 1803 he was given the command of , a 74-gun third-r ...
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Thomas Lawrence
Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English people, English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was an innkeeper at the Bear Hotel, Devizes, Bear Hotel in the Market Place, Devizes, Market Square. At age ten, having moved to Bath, he was supporting his family with his pastel portraits. At 18, he went to London and soon established his reputation as a portrait painter in oil paint, oils, receiving his first royal commission, Portrait of Queen Charlotte (Lawrence), a portrait of Queen Charlotte, in 1789. He stayed at the top of his profession until his death, aged 60, in 1830. Self-taught, he was a brilliant draughtsman and known for his gift of capturing a likeness, as well as his virtuoso handling of paint. He became an associate of the Royal Academy in 1791, a full member in 1794, and president in 1820. In 1810, he acquired the generou ...
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