Marie Spartali Stillman

Marie Spartali (10 March 1844 – 6 March 1927) was the eldest daughter of a Greek merchant family in London, where her father, Michael Spartali, was Greek Consul General from 1866 to 1882. Although as a young girl she was liberally educated at home to unusually high standards-in languages, philosophy, history, and music, her wealthy background and the custom of the time res...