#OnThisDay in #history - in 1850, Sarah Biffen died at age 66. Sarah was born without arms and grew up to be a well-respected miniature portraitist who received a pension from Queen Victoria. She built a studio from which she painted and sold her work - she was well known by Charles Dickens who mentioned her in some of his works. She was also commissioned by the queen to paint miniatures of the royal family, which drastically increased her popularity.
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