McEleny won more medals than any other British swimmer at Atlanta in 1996. Paraplegic, she has struggled against ill-health to achieve her sporting success and was the flag bearer for the opening ...

Alexandra Imogen Clair Gage (née Grenfell), Viscountess Gage (1905-1969), Daughter of 1st Baron Desborough; wife of 6th Viscount Gage. 2 Portraits George John St Clere Gage, 7th Viscount Gage ...

Married fellow painter John Bratby in 1953. An assured figurative painter, Cooke had her first solo show at the Leicester Galleries in 1964 and exhibited her work regularly from then on.

Johnstone qualified and practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh but he decided to abandon law for art. He studied art at evening classes before visiting Italy between 1842 and 1844. Johnstone was ...

The inventor and entrepreneur, Richard Arkwright is one of the leading figures of the Industrial Revolution. In 1769 he patented a water-powered spinning machine that could spin a vast number of ...

pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, October 1819 (exhibited 1819) ...

Ava (née Bodley), Viscountess Waverley (1895-1974), Former wife of Ralph Follett Wigram, and later second wife of 1st Viscount Waverley; daughter of John Edward Courtenay Bodley. Sitter in 4 portraits ...

Following the Soviet and American withdrawal from the occupation of North and South Korea respectively, the Korean War breaks out as each side seeks to unify Korea under its own political system.