A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Eastlake, Lady Elizabeth

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EASTLAKE, LADY ELIZABETH,

Is the accomplished wife of the celebrated painter. Sir Charles Eastlake, now president of the Royal Academy. Under her maiden name of Rigby, she gained a considerable literary reputation by publishing, in 1841, "Letters from the shores of the Baltic," being the record of a visit to a married sister who had there settled. Five years after this date were published her "Livonian Tales," which appeared first separately, and then in a collected form, having been favourably received by the public. Lady Eastlake is now known as an occasional contributor to the "Quarterly Review," two of her articles in which, on "Dress" and "Conversation," have been re-printed as one part of "Murray's Home and Colonial Library."