Eugenio Honorius Nicolas LatillaCertificate of marriage: Eugenius Honorius Nicholas Latilla and Harriott Goodwin; 8 Nov 1831, All Souls, St Marylebone, London, England. England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 (1808, London – 30 October 1861, 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.Horatia Augusta Latilla married James Edward Freeman in 1848 in Florence; Eugenio Latilla might have attended the wedding. See: 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)La biondina means "the young blonde girl" in Venetian. Mrs. Paget might be the wife of the diplomat Arthur Paget. at the Royal Academy. 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. In 1851 he emigrated to America with his family, consisting of his wife, one son and three daughters.EBB to Arabella Moulton-Barrett, Correspondence, Brownings' Correspondence He spent the rest of his life working in New York City Latilla had an office at 270 Sixth Avenue. 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.
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National Portrait Gallery - Person - Eugenio H. Latilla