How did this painter lose the sight in one eye? The great British art quiz

This quiz is brought to you in collaboration with Art UK, the online home for the UK’s public art collections, showing art from more than 3,000 venues and by 45,000 artists. Each day, a different collection on Art UK will set the questions.

Today, our questions are set by Falmouth Art Gallery. The award-winning gallery houses one of the most important art collections in Cornwall, featuring works by major artists from Sir Edward Burne-Jones and Thomas Gainsborough to Tacita Dean, Grace Gardner, Ben Nicholson and George Frederic Watts.

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The Victorian genre painter Sophie Anderson (1823-1903) who opened the first Falmouth Art Gallery with the work Roses, was one of the first woman artists to be bought by a public collection in the UK. At which museum does her painting Elaine reside?

Falmouth Art Gallery’s most famous work Study for the Lady of Shalott by JW Waterhouse (1849-1917) is based on the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. How many finished works did Waterhouse paint to tell the Lady’s story?

In August 1928, Ben Nicholson (1894-1982), his wife, Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981), and Christopher Wood (1901–1930) holidayed at Feock, on the Falmouth estuary. Which artist did they “discover” during a visit to St Ives?

Europe’s leading portrait painter, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), visited Falmouth for three days in 1905 to paint this portrait of his friend, Charles Napier Hemy (1841-1917). What was Sargent’s nationality?

The Falmouth-based artist Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) was born in York to a prominent Quaker family who were known for making medical advances. In which medical field is the Tuke name celebrated?

Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959) was known as one of England’s finest painters of horses. This painting, titled The Caravan, shows a scene from a gypsy camp. In 1898 he lost the sight in one eye, but how?

John Opie (1761-1807) was born in Trevellas, Cornwall. A leading historical and portrait painter of his time, he painted many notable people including the British royal family. He was the only Cornish artist to be honoured with a burial at St Paul’s Cathedral. Who did he ask to be buried next to?

Anne Killigrew (1660-85) died at the age of just 25 but was celebrated in her short lifetime for her exceptional qualities as an artist and a poet. This painting Venus Attired by the Graces is one of only three works left of her legacy. Which poet dedicated an Ode to Anne Killigrew in 1686?

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