The meteoric rise of Angelica Kauffman RA
about 3 months ago (02/12/2024)
The meteoric rise of Angelica Kauffman RA | Article | Royal Academy of Arts Caption toggle button The meteoric rise of Angelica Kauffman RA By Jenny Uglow Published on 2 January 2024 Historian Jenny Uglow tells the story of how Angelica Kauffman became a founding Member of the RA and one of the most revered artists in Georgian Britain. An earlier version of this article was published in the Summer 2020 issue of RA Magazine. In October 1766, four months after Angelica Kauffman arrived in London from Rome, aged 25, she wrote exuberantly to her father: "I have finished some portraits which are snapped up by everyone, Mr Reynolds is excessively pleased with them… This morning I had a visit from Mrs Garrick.