[77] General Sir George Anson, G.C.B., Equerry to the Duchess of Kent, afterwards Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert.
[78] General Sir Frederick Wetherall served on the staff of the Duke of Kent, and was subsequently his equerry and one of the executors of his will.
[79] William Wyon, chief engraver at the Mint, afterwards R.A.
[80] Marie Taglioni (1809–84). Until the invasion of Europe by Russian ballet, Taglioni’s name was the most famous in the annals of classical operatic dancing.
[81] He was President from 1830 to 1850. By his contemporaries he was as much esteemed as Lawrence. America, however, has not yet discovered him.
[82] Henry Howard, appointed Professor of Painting to the Academy in 1833.
[83] Sir William Beechey, R.A. Formerly Portrait Painter to Queen Charlotte, and finely represented at Windsor by a series of charming portraits of Royal children.
[84] Now in the “Corridor” at Windsor Castle.
[85] Sir Charles Eastlake (P.R.A., 1850–65). He was appointed by Sir R. Peel secretary to the Fine Arts Commission, and later still Director of the National Gallery. A typical and meritorious P.R.A.
[86] Sir Edwin Landseer (1802–73). The most popular of British painters.