Born: 1660, United Kingdom
Died: 16 June 1685
Country most active: United Kingdom
Also known as: NA
From Woman: Her Position, Influence and Achievement Throughout the Civilized World. Designed and Arranged by William C. King. Published in 1900 by The King-Richardson Co. Copyright 1903 The King-Richardson Co.::
English artist and poetess
Daughter of Henry Killigrew, born in London in 1660, died June, 1685, was characterized by one of her admirers as “a Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit.” Her father was one of the prebendaries of Westminster some time before the restoration of Charles II.
The daughter showed indications of genius very early and this being carefully cultivated, she became eminent in the arts of poetry and painting. An exhibition of the latter is her portrait of the Duke of York (afterward James II) and his duchess, to whom she was a maid of honor. She also painted some historical pictures and some pieces of still life, for her own amusement.
She was a woman of exemplary piety and virtue.
She died of smallpox, and was buried in the chapel of the Savoy hospital, on the north side of which is a plain monument of marble and freestone erected to her memory, and fixed in the wall, on which is a Latin inscription.