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She frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Society of Artists from 1811 onwards. By 1830, she was appointed miniature painter to Princess Elizabeth of Hesse-Homburg and the following year miniature painter to King William IV. Kendrick published her own treatise of miniature painting titled <i>Conversations on the Art of Miniature Painting</i>. In a series of conversations between ‘Ellen’ and her tutor ‘Miss K.’, Kendrick illuminates the art of miniature painting for female practitioners who could work from the comfort of their own home. She encourages Ellen not only to mix her own colours for her pictures and educate herself in geometry and arts but also to visit collections of art to ‘cultivate taste’. 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