Elizabeth Thompson

Elizabeth Thonpson was one of the most famous female painters in England and its colonies. Her paintings depicted horses and soldiers in the war. She was one of the first female artists to achieve fame in painting military and historical matter. When her famous painting Roll Call was created in 1874, there was an increasing awareness of social injustice and the need for political reforms. Thompson's paintings were created to show that there was a need for bettering the working condition for the general population and the military. Almost all of Thompson's paintings addressed the social and political issues of the valiant acts of soldiers and their suffering.

Below is the famous painting of Roll Call which was purchased by Queen Victoria and still remains in the Royal Collection to this day.