Maria Hadfield Cosway

Timeline

Born on June 11 in Florence to an Italian mother and English father.
Begins copying Old Masters in the Uffizi Gallery.
Elected into the Accademia del Disegno in Florence.
Leaves Florence for Rome.
Moves to London
Exhibits for the first time at the Royal Academy of the Arts in London.
Marries fellow artist and miniature portrait painter Richard Cosway.
In Paris, John Trumball introduces the Cosways to Thomas Jefferson.
In Paris, begins copying Old Master paintings from the Louvre for publication in England.
Directs a school for girls in Paris.
Establishes a convent and Catholic school for girls in Lodi, near Milan.
Returns to England to care for dying husband with help from her friend Sir John Soane.
Dies at her school in Lodi.