Eugenio Honorius Nicholas Latilla[1] RBA (1808, London – 30 October 1861,[2] 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.[3] 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)[4] at the Royal Academy.[5] 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.[6] In 1851 he emigrated to America with his family, consisting of his wife, one son and three daughters.[7] He spent the rest of his life working in New York City[8] 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 in Westchester County for Horace Greeley, and home decorations for Cyrus W. Field.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Certificate of marriage: Eugenius Honorius Nicholas Latilla and Harriott Goodwin; 8 Nov 1831, All Souls,St Marylebone, London, England. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
  2. ↑ "Latilla". The Monthly (alphabetical) record of births, deaths, & marriages for 1861. London. p. 794.
  3. ↑ 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. ISBN 9780816187959.
  4. ↑ La biondina means "the young blonde girl" in Venetian. Mrs. Paget might be the wife of the diplomat Arthur Paget.
  5. ↑ 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. V Lawrence to Nye. London: Henry Graves & Co and George Bell & Sons. p. 389.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ EBB to Arabella Moulton-Barrett, Correspondence, Brownings' Correspondence
  8. ↑ Official catalogue of the New York exhibition of the industry of all nations. 1853. p. 84. Latilla had an office at 270 Sixth Avenue.
  9. ↑ Stillman, William James; Durand, John (1857). "Eugenio Latilla". The Crayon. Vol. 4. p. 378.

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