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Jul 04

Emma Soyer: Rebuilding an Oeuvre

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A recorded lecture providing a brief insight into the process of rebuilding the oeuvre of female artist Emma Soyer, nee Jones (c. 1809-1842). The lecture is presented by Dominic Sanchez-Cabello and Adam Busiakiewicz and was originally devised and delivered for the Royal Academy in June 2026.

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Jun 22

A rediscovered portrait of Alexis Soyer by his wife Emma

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I’m joining forces with my friend Dominic Sanchez-Cabello this week in a talk at the Royal Academy, bringing to life our work on rebuilding the oeuvre of Emma Soyer (c. 1809-1842). The audience of Bendor Grosvenor’s connoisseurship course will receive our first public talk on the matter, which has...