page_title: William Charles Ross
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: William Charles Ross / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Magdalena Ross (born 1801) married around 1841 and by 1850 was the queen’s miniature painter. She apparently once lived with her brother, Sir William Charles Ross, and filled in the backgrounds in his large miniatures.
context_page_description: Sir William Charles Ross RA was an English portrait and portrait miniature painter of Scottish descent; early in his career, he was known for historical paintings. He became a member of the Royal Academy in 1842.
context_section_description: Hugh Ross (1800–1873), younger brother of Sir William Charles Ross, was also a miniature-painter, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1814 to 1845. Magdalene Ross (1801–1874), a sister, who likewise practised the same branch of art, exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1820 and 1856; she married Edwin Dalton, a portrait-painter.
caption: Portrait miniature of Ross's sister Magdalena Dalton (c. 1835–40, Watercolour on ivory)[3]
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