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Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema

Laura Theresa, Lady Alma-Tadema (née Epps; 16 April 1852  – 15 August 1909) was a British painter specialising in domestic and genre scenes of women and children. Eighteen of her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy. Her husband, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, was one of the most prominent Victorian painters.

Laura Theresa, Lady Alma-Tadema

Laura Theresa Epps

(1852-04-16)16 April 1852
London, England

15 August 1909(1909-08-15) (aged 57)

Hindhead, Surrey, England

Genre painting

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(m. 1871)​

Depictions[edit]

As well as frequently being painted by her husband after their marriage (The Women of Amphissa of 1887 being a notable example), she is also shown in a seated statuette by Amendola in 1879, a bust by Jules Dalou in 1876, and a portrait by Jules Bastien-Lepage.[5]

Always Welcome, showing a child at her mother's sick-bed (held at the )

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum

Ruin (and children), an Italianate scene (also held at the Russell-Cotes)

Hawking - Medieval (held at the )

Bury Art Museum

Mamma's chair (1873; Alma-Tadema's "Opus V")

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Sweet Industry (1904), showing women weaving (held at )

Manchester Art Gallery

(pencil portrait, 1877; held at the National Portrait Gallery)

George Eliot

A Knock at the Door (1897; held at the in Manchester, New Hampshire)

Currier Museum of Art

Young Girl Dressing (c.1889; held at the , Washington, DC)[9]

National Gallery of Art

Mamma's Chair (1873)

A Bird-cage (1875)

A Blue Stocking (1877)

A Good Book (1880)

Amber and Opal (1880)

Winter (1881)

Asleep (1882)

Saying Grace (1884)

Self Help (1885)

Nothing venture, nothing have (1888)

The Pet Goldfish (1890)

Hush-a-bye (1892)

Satisfaction Persuasion (1893)

The Pain of Parting (1895)

A Carol (1896)

Emblemata (1906)

Peacemaking (1907)

Sigh no more, Ladies (1909)

at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Portraits of Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema