A unique figure from the annals of art history has found sudden success on the auction block, with a small watercolor by Victorian miniature painter Sarah Biffin nearly doubling its high estimate of ...

A small study of feathers painted by celebrated 19th-century miniaturist Sarah Biffin has sold at auction for $12,023 (£9,000), far surpassing its estimated price of $6,680 (£5,000), according to ...

For the first time in nearly 100 years, , a Victorian painter who achieved artistic greatness despite being born without arms or legs, is the subject of a solo show, at London's Philip Mould and ...

During her lifetime (1784-1850), Sarah Biffin’s name carried with it immediate public recognition. Born in Somerset, England without arms or legs, the congenital condition now known as phocomelia, she ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. I do not regret my situation, I thank God that he has been pleased to make me as I am, nor do I envy the ...

Sarah Biffin was a British artist known for her miniature portraits and landscapes. Born in 1784 in East Quantoxhead, Somerset, England, she passed away in 1850 in Liverpool, England. She lived and ...

A rare painting by a Victorian artist who was born without arms or legs is to be auctioned this week. Sarah Biffin was born in Somerset in 1784 with congenital deformity phocomelia, teaching herself ...

The 19th-century artist became a miniaturist whose work was admired by Dickens and Queen Victoria - now it's breaking estimates at auction Colin has been writing about the ups and downs of the global ...

For the first time in nearly 100 years, , a Victorian painter who achieved artistic greatness despite being born without arms or legs, is the subject of a solo show, at London's Philip Mould and ...