A Life of Artistic Ambition Born in London, United Kingdom, Ellen, Lady Gosse was a British landscape painter who emerged from a family of artists. She studied under Ford Madox Brown, Cave Thomas, and Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, as well as at the British Museum. Her early career was marked by a determination to maintain her independence and professional practice, even when she accepted marriage to Edmund Gosse on the condition that she could continue to paint every day. Her work was exhibited across Great Britain and Europe, including at the Royal Academy, the Royal Scottish Academy, and the…