Buried on the 23 Oct 1805.
First wife of James Hook, composer, who died in Boulogne in 1827.
Referred to as "the beautiful Miss Madden", she was a miniature portraitist of some recognized skill (exhibiting as Mrs Eliza Hook), exhibiting many times at the Royal Academy (of which she was a member).
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Extract from "Music in the British Isles after 1730":
On May 29, 1766 Hook married Elizabeth Jane Madden at Saint Pancras Old Church. His wife was both talented and artistic. She was a painter, provided the libretto for Hook's opera The Double Disguise (1784), the verses for some Vauxhall songs, and produced the designs and floral decorations for the pillars in the orchestra at Vauxhall's Jubilee celebrations in 1786.
First wife of James Hook, composer, who died in Boulogne in 1827.
Referred to as "the beautiful Miss Madden", she was a miniature portraitist of some recognized skill (exhibiting as Mrs Eliza Hook), exhibiting many times at the Royal Academy (of which she was a member).
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Extract from "Music in the British Isles after 1730":
On May 29, 1766 Hook married Elizabeth Jane Madden at Saint Pancras Old Church. His wife was both talented and artistic. She was a painter, provided the libretto for Hook's opera The Double Disguise (1784), the verses for some Vauxhall songs, and produced the designs and floral decorations for the pillars in the orchestra at Vauxhall's Jubilee celebrations in 1786.
Buried on the 23 Oct 1805.
First wife of James Hook, composer, who died in Boulogne in 1827.
Referred to as "the beautiful Miss Madden", she was a miniature portraitist of some recognized skill (exhibiting as Mrs Eliza Hook), exhibiting many times at the Royal Academy (of which she was a member).
++++++++++++++++++++
Extract from "Music in the British Isles after 1730":
On May 29, 1766 Hook married Elizabeth Jane Madden at Saint Pancras Old Church. His wife was both talented and artistic. She was a painter, provided the libretto for Hook's opera The Double Disguise (1784), the verses for some Vauxhall songs, and produced the designs and floral decorations for the pillars in the orchestra at Vauxhall's Jubilee celebrations in 1786.
First wife of James Hook, composer, who died in Boulogne in 1827.
Referred to as "the beautiful Miss Madden", she was a miniature portraitist of some recognized skill (exhibiting as Mrs Eliza Hook), exhibiting many times at the Royal Academy (of which she was a member).
++++++++++++++++++++
Extract from "Music in the British Isles after 1730":
On May 29, 1766 Hook married Elizabeth Jane Madden at Saint Pancras Old Church. His wife was both talented and artistic. She was a painter, provided the libretto for Hook's opera The Double Disguise (1784), the verses for some Vauxhall songs, and produced the designs and floral decorations for the pillars in the orchestra at Vauxhall's Jubilee celebrations in 1786.
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