Georgiana Keate
In 1785 she painted "Mr Biggin and Mrs Sage ascending from St Georges Fields in Lunardis Balloon 29 June 1785" which records a balloon flight.[2] She met Prince Lee Boo who had come from what was then called the Pelew Islands.Her father decided to write his story An Account of the Pelew Islands...[3] Georgiana recreated his portrait fifteen months after his death.[1] They had five children who included the artist Charles Cooper Henderson who was known for painting coaches and John Henderson who curated important private collections, and three daughters.She died 8 January 1850, and was buried in her husband's grave at Kensal Green Cemetery.
John RussellEnglishGeorge KeateSir Charles Grave Hudson, bart.Royal Astronomical SocietyPrince Lee BooPelew IslandsNational Portrait GallerySociety of ArtistsThomas GirtinJ. M. W. TurnerCharles Cooper HendersonJohn HendersonAngelica KauffmanKensal Green CemeteryWorld Digital LibraryDictionary of National Biography