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Self Portrait, marble (?) by Anne Seymour Damer (1748–1828). Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Photo credit: Michalis Famelis, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
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Anne Seymour Damer: the 'Sappho' of sculpture
Olivia Bladen tells the story of Anne Seymour Damer, a trailblazing eighteenth-century female sculptor.
The Lady Frances and the Lady Catharine Jones Daughters to the Right Honble Richard Earle of Ranelag, 1691, mezzotint by John Smith the mezzontinter (1652–1743) after Willem Wissing (1656–1687) and Jan van der Vaart (c.1653–1727), photo credit: British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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Know your queer icons: a warning from art history
Jon Sleigh looks for the past's queer heroes – but not without caution.
Portrait of Miss Iza Duffus Hardy, 1872, pastel & chalk on brown paper by Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893), Photo credit: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
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Iza Duffus Hardy: a forgotten author who mixed with the Pre-Raphaelites
The author was seemingly a livelier young woman than her demure portrait would suggest.
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Coded messages in art: Francis Bacon's 'Figures in a Landscape'
© the estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2020. Photo credit: Birmingham Museums Trust
StoryCoded messages in art: Francis Bacon's 'Figures in a Landscape'
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Jarman, Derek, 1942–1994
© the estate of Derek Jarman. Photo credit: Derby Museums Trust
artistDerek Jarman (1942–1994)
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Divine Woman
© the artist. Photo credit: Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture
artworkDivine Woman
1988
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Bonheur, Rosa, 1822–1899
Photo credit: Nature in Art
artistRosa Bonheur (1822–1899)
