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Eugenio Honorius Latilla (1808, London – 30 October 1861,[1] Chappaqua, New York) was an Anglo-Italian painter, architect, lecturer and author.

Eugenio Latilla was born in London, the son of a Neapolitan artist father and an English mother. The sculptor Horatia Augusta Latilla was his sister.[2] He exhibited five paintings (La Biondina in 1829; Richard Godson in 1832; Richard Godson and Mrs. Paget in 1833; H.R.H. The Princess Victoria in 1837)[3] at the Royal Academy.[4] From 1838 to 1851 he frequently exhibited at the Society of British Artists, of which he was a member. Latilla married Harriott Goodwin at St Marylebone Church on 8 November 1831. In 1842 he went to Rome and painted there several works (including a pifferaro; Preparing for a Carnival; Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael). In 1847–1848 Latilla was in Florence; there he painted several works (including Jane Shore's Penance) and exhibited them on his return to London.[5] In 1851 he emigrated to America with his family, consisting of his wife, one son and three daughters.[6] He spent the rest of his life working in New York City[7] and on projects in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Latilla was the architect for a Gothic cottage in Perth Amboy for Caroline Kirkland, a barn (planned by an agriculturist) in Westchester County for Horace Greeley, and home decoration for Cyrus W. Field.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Latilla". The Monthly (alphabetical) record of births, deaths, & marriages for 1861. London. p. 794.
  2. ^ Horatia Augusta Latilla married James Edward Freeman in 1848 in Florence; Eugenio Latilla might have attended the wedding. See: Simon, Robin (1987). The portrait in Britain and America: with a biographical dictionary of portrait painters 1650–1914. G. K. Hall. p. 84.
  3. ^ La biondina means "the young blonde girl" in the Venetian dialect of Italian. Mrs. Paget might be the wife of the diplomat Arthur Paget.
  4. ^ Graves, Algernon (1906). "Latilla, Eugenio H.". The Royal Academy of Arts. A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. Vol. V Lawrence to Nye. London: Henry Graves & Co and George Bell & Sons. p. 389. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  5. ^ Redgrave, Samuel (1878). "Latilla, Eugenio". A dictionary of artists of the English school: painters, sculptors, architects, engravers and ornamentalists: with notices of their lives and works. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 261.
  6. ^ EBB to Arabella Moulton-Barrett, Correspondence, Brownings' Correspondence
  7. ^ Official catalogue of the New York exhibition of the industry of all nations. 1853. p. 84. Latilla had an office at 270 Sixth Avenue.
  8. ^ "Eugenio Latilla". The Crayon. Vol. 4. 1857. p. 378.

Eugenio Latilla in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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