 Ulrika Pasch was therefore, after the death of her mother in 1756, employed as a housekeeper in the house of her maternal aunt's widower, the goldsmith Gustaf Stafhell the Elder.Her uncle, however, allowed her to paint in her free time and develop her artistic talent, and she started to paint and draw for money.It is explicitly stated that she started to take orders as an artist the same year that she year formally became a housekeeper.