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JUPP,, architect. Brother of the foregoing. He was a member of the Incorporated Society of Artists. He rebuilt the 'London Tavern,' Bishopsgate Street, 1765, and designed the entrance hall and staircase of the Carpenters' Company's Hall, 1780. He died 1788.

JUPP,, architect. Son of the foregoing William Jupp. Was an occasional exhibitor at the Academy, 1794-1804. Held the appointment of architect to the Skinners' Company, and designed the exterior of their hall, Dowgate Hill, 1808. He was also architect and surveyor of the Merchant Taylors', Ironmongers', and Apothecaries' Companies. He died at Upper Clapton, April 30, 1839.

JUTSUM,, landscape painter. He was born in London in 1816. Sent to school in Devonshire, he imbibed a love of landscape, and on his return made Kensington Gardens a place of study. He first exhibited at the Academy in 1836, and in 1839 became a pupil of James Stark. Then trying water-colour painting, he was in 1843 elected a member of the new Water-Colour Society; but he continued a contributor to the Academy Exhibitions, and in 1847 left the Society, determined to devote himself to painting in oil. He was also an exhibitor at the British Institution. He painted exclusively the scenery of his country, and was distinguished by his pleasing style. He died at St. John's Wood, March 3, 1869.  

 

KAUFFMAN,, portrait painter. He was born in Switzerland, and practised in this country for several years, but was a very indifferent painter. He contributed sacred and poetic subjects, with an occasional portrait, to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy, from 1771 to 1779, and in the following year retired with his daughter to Rome.

KAUFFMAN,, R.A., history and portrait painter. She was daughter of the above, and was born October 30, 1740, at Coire, the capital of the Grisons. She very early developed a talent for music and drawing, and when between 10 and 11 years of age drew portraits in crayons. Brought up to art from a child, she was taken by her father to the Academy in boy's clothes, to improve in drawing. In 1754, when in her 15th year, she went with him to Milan, and there painted the portraits of some eminent persons. She afterwards spent about a year in Florence, and then, in 1759, accompanied her father to Rome. She had made herself complete mistress of the German, French, Italian, and English languages, and highly excelled both in vocal and instrumental music. With these advantages she had many sitters, and her reputation as a painter greatly advanced.

In 1764 she removed to Venice, and there became acquainted with the wife of the English ambassador, whom she accompanied to England in 1765. Learned, refined, and amiable in manner, she was introduced to the young Queen, and her talents, joined to her elegant person, attracted general notice. In 1769 she was nominated one of the foundation members of the Royal Academy, and the same year she was unhappily deceived into a secret marriage with the valet of Count de Horn, who contrived to pass himself off as his master. Ill-treated by this fellow, he was at last induced by a payment of 300l. to take himself off to Germany, and she was relieved of him for ever. She contributed to the first and every subsequent exhibition of the Academy up to 1782, sending in that year a work catalogued from 'Abroad.' She usually exhibited three or four classic subjects and one or two portraits. After settling at Rome she exhibited a classic picture in 1788, 1789, 1796, and in 1797 a portrait of a lady of quality, her last contribution. She decorated a room for the Queen at Frogmore, still called the 'Flower Room,' where some of her flower-groups remain. She married a second time, in 1780, Signor Antonio Zucchi, a Venetian painter, who had long resided in England, and retaining her maiden name, after travelling with him in Italy, and making some stay in Naples, she retired with him in 1782 to Rome, accompanied by her father. Here she resided 25 years in the full enjoyment of her popularity, and died after a long and painful illness, November 5, 1807, in her 67th year.  245