• Name: Foggo, James/George
• Gender: Male
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• Occupation: painter

James and George Foggo were brothers who lived and worked together. Godwin noted the name 'Fogg' from 1831 in a variety of contexts relating to the arts, but there is no way of discriminating which of the two brothers he is referring to. One entry is to 'Foggo twitch' - which refers to one of the brothers, as recorded in William J Linton's Memories: 'One of the brothers, I forget which, had a habit of twitching or wriggling his nose, a habit also noticeable in another gaunt Scotchman, Lord Brougham. It was said that this Foggo and his lordship were once opponent speakers at a public meeting, and the noses of the two men, alike in general personal appearance, wagged against each other, to the great amusement of the beholders. I only knew the Foggos, worthy men, I believe, if not successful painters, as rather captious members of the Institute of Fine Arts, at which we were often in collision.'

We have followed Linton in not ascribing the twitch to a particular Foggo.

• DNB
• William James Linton, Memories (London, 1895)

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