Sophie Gengembre Anderson was a French-born British Victorian painter who was also active in the United States for extended periods. She specialised in genre paintings of children and women, typically in rural settings.
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It's Touch and Go to Laugh or No (1857)
The song of the lark
Elaine (1870)![A portrait of a fairy (1869). The title of the painting is Take the Fair Face of Woman, and Gently Suspending, With Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending, Thus Your Fairy is Made of Most Beautiful Things - from a verse by Charles Ede.[11][12]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/SophieAndersonTakethefairfaceofWoman.jpg/1280px-SophieAndersonTakethefairfaceofWoman.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A portrait of a fairy (1869). The title of the painting is Take the Fair Face of Woman, and Gently Suspending, With Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending, Thus Your Fairy is Made of Most Beautiful Things - from a verse by Charles Ede.[11][12]
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Sophie Gengembre Anderson was a French-born British Victorian painter who was also active in the United States for extended periods. She specialised in genre paintings of children and women, typically in rural settings. She began her career as a lithographer and portrait painter, collaborating with Walter Anderson on portraits of American Episcopal bishops. Her work, Elaine, was the first public collection purchase of a woman artist. Her painting No Walk Today was purchased for more than £1 million.
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