Elizabeth Adela Forbes (née Armstrong) was a Canadian artist born on 29 December 1859 in Kingston, Ontario. Initially, she received a private education at home, but later travelled to England with her mother to further her formal education at the South Kensington Art School. She continued her education by travelling to and studying at New York, Brittany, and the Netherlands. in the autumn of 1885, she established a studio in Newlyn, Cornwall.
Originally formed as the National Gallery of British Art in 1897, The Tate is an institution of four art museums in the United Kingdom. It was renamed Tate Gallery in 1932 to include the national collection of Modern Art.