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Anne Killigrew (1660 - 1685)
Anne Killigrew
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1660 |
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1685 |
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Biography
Anne Killigrew (1660-1685): Killigrrew was the daughter of Henry Killigrewe who was in the service of the Duke of York. She herself was a maid of honor to the Duchess of York. Little is known about her training but she painted the portraits of several of the members of the royal household including that of James II. Killigrew was also a poet. She died at the age of twenty-five of smallpox and was eulogized by Dryden for her iomaginative rendition of landscapes. References:
Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-Portraits by Frances Borzello, pp. 58-59.
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