| ROMNEY | George ---, English portrait painter who painted his muse Emma Hamilton (Lord Nelson's mistress) more than 60 times (6) |
| EMMA | -, Lady Hamilton; Lord Nelson's mistress, George Romney's muse (4) |
| REYNOLDS | Joshua, C18 English portrait painter who was first president of the Royal Academy (8) |
| LAWRENCE | Sir Thomas ___. leading English portrait painter who was the fourth president of the Royal Academy (8) |
| JOHNCONSTABLE | English Romantic painter who painted Dedham Vale in 1802 (4,9) |
| FRAGONARD | French painter who painted 'The Progress of Love' for Madame du Barry |
| DALI | Salvador ___, Spanish painter who painted The Colossus of Rhodes in 1954 (4) |
| NESS | Picturesque hamlet on the Wirral peninsula; it is home to ___ Botanic Gardens, which opened in 1898; it is the birthplace of Lord Nelson's mistress Emma Hamilton (4) |
| WHISTLER | Someone who painted his mother as a farmer directing the dogs? (8) |
| GAINSBOROUGH | Thomas ___, English portrait painter and landscape artist whose works include 1777's The Watering Pl |
| JOSHUAREYNOLDS | 18th-century English portrait painter; first president of the Royal Academy (6,8) |
| RAEBURN | Portrait painter who was appointed King George IV's Scottish court painter in 1823 (7) |
| WHISTLE | Artist who painted his mother endlessly? Blow me! |
| LELY | Peter ___, 17th-century Dutch portrait painter who spent his career in England (4) |
| HOCKNEY | Which David sat for 120 hours while his friend Lucian Freud painted his portrait? (7) |
| NELSON | English hero associated with Emma Hamilton (6) |
| LADY | '___ Hamilton', crocosmia given its name from Emma, Nelson's mistress (4) |
| YEATS | Poet and dramatist whose play The Countess Cathleen was dedicated to his muse Maud Gonne, who was a co-founder of Sinn Fein (5) |
| CALLIOPE | "Summon and I grant access!" as the poet said to his muse (8) |
| SUME | Horace to his Muse (Odes 3.30) "____ superbiam | quaesitam meritis" Take the pride you have earned |
