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3 unusual facts about Florence Claxton


Florence Claxton

Florence Anne Claxton (fl. 1840 – 1879) was an English artist and humorist, most notable for her satire on the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

In the following year, 1859, she signed a petition advocating the admission of women to the Royal Academy Schools, and exhibited her Scenes of Life of an Old Maid in the Society of Women Artists show.

The Vale of Rest

The painting is one of those satirised in Florence Claxton's watercolour The Choice of Paris - an idyll (1860).



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