Eugenio Latilla

Eugenio Honorius Nicholas Latilla[1] RBA (1808, London – 30 October 1861,[2] Chappaqua, New York) was an Anglo-Italian painter, architect, lecturer and author.

Eugenio Latilla was born in London, the son of a Neapolitan artist father and an English mother. The sculptor Horatia Augusta Latilla was his sister.[3] He exhibited five paintings (La Biondina in 1829; Richard Godson in 1832; Richard Godson and Mrs. Paget in 1833; H.R.H. The Princess Victoria in 1837)[4] at the Royal Academy.[5] From 1838 to 1851 he frequently exhibited at the Society of British Artists, of which he was a member. Latilla married Harriott Goodwin at St. Marylebone Church on 8 November 1831. In 1842 he went to Rome and painted there several works (including a pifferaro; Preparing for a Carnival; Abraham dismissing Hagar and Ishmael). In 1847–1848 Latilla was in Florence; there he painted several works (including Jane Shore's Penance) and exhibited them on his return to London.[6] In 1851 he emigrated to America with his family, consisting of his wife, one son and three daughters.[7] He spent the rest of his life working in New York City[8] and on projects in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Latilla was the architect for a Gothic cottage in Perth Amboy for Caroline Kirkland, a barn in Westchester County for Horace Greeley, and home decorations for Cyrus W. Field.[9]

References
  1. Certificate of marriage: Eugenius Honorius Nicholas Latilla and Harriott Goodwin; 8 Nov 1831, All Souls,St Marylebone, London, England. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973
  2. "Latilla". The Monthly (alphabetical) record of births, deaths, & marriages for 1861. London. p. 794.
  3. Horatia Augusta Latilla married James Edward Freeman in 1848 in Florence; Eugenio Latilla might have attended the wedding. See: Simon, Robin (1987). The portrait in Britain and America: with a biographical dictionary of portrait painters 1650–1914. G. K. Hall. p. 84. ISBN 9780816187959.
  4. La biondina means "the young blonde girl" in the Venetian dialect of Italian. Mrs. Paget might be the wife of the diplomat Arthur Paget.
  5. Graves, Algernon (1906). "Latilla, Eugenio H.". The Royal Academy of Arts. A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. V Lawrence to Nye. London: Henry Graves & Co and George Bell & Sons. p. 389.
  6. Redgrave, Samuel (1878). "Latilla, Eugenio". A dictionary of artists of the English school: painters, sculptors, architects, engravers and ornamentalists: with notices of their lives and works. London: George Bell & Sons. p. 261.
  7. EBB to Arabella Moulton-Barrett, Correspondence, Brownings' Correspondence
  8. Official catalogue of the New York exhibition of the industry of all nations. 1853. p. 84. Latilla had an office at 270 Sixth Avenue.
  9. Stillman, William James; Durand, John (1857). "Eugenio Latilla". The Crayon. Vol. 4. p. 378.

Eugenio Latilla in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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