A Woman's Life in the Royal Academy

Elizabeth thompson paints what might be her most famous painting, scotland forever. It's a thrilling depiction of a charge of the scots grays at waterloo in 18 15. Scotland forever is never shown at the royal academy, and thompson doesn't even try again to get elected. She can read the writing on the wall. In fact, no woman would be elected to the royal academy until 19 36 - more than half a century later.