page_title: Anne Forbes
hierarchical_section_title: Anne Forbes
caption_attribution_description: English: Anne Forbes, 1745 - 1834. Artist oil on canvas 38.3 x 32 cm 1781
context_page_description: Anne Forbes was a Scottish portrait painter, educated in Rome, who worked in London and later in Edinburgh, where she was Portrait Painter to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Although her career in London was cut short by illness, she was one of the first Scottish women artists to make a career from painting, and according to Colin Russell "her importance remains in her struggle against gender prejudice".
context_section_description: Anne Forbes (1745-1834) was a Scottish portrait painter, educated in Rome, who worked in London and later in Edinburgh, where she was Portrait Painter to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Although her career in London was cut short by illness, she was one of the first Scottish women artists to make a career from painting, and according to Colin Russell "her importance remains in her struggle against gender prejudice".
caption: Anne Forbes (David Allan, 1781)
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