William powell frith biography books

          The Derby Day · Life at the Sea-Side (Ramsgate Sands), The Derby Day · The Private View at the Royal Academy, · An English Merry-Making, A.!

          William Powell Frith

          English painter (–)

          William Powell Frith

          Self-Portrait at the Age of 82 ()

          Born()9 January

          Aldfield, England

          Died2 November () (aged&#;90)

          London, England

          Known&#;forPainting

          William Powell FrithRA (9 January &#; 2 November ) was an English painter[1] specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era.

          Frith, William Powell, John Leech: His Life and Work (2 volumes; London: R. Bentley and Son, ).

        1. William Powell Frith RA was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era.
        2. The Derby Day · Life at the Sea-Side (Ramsgate Sands), The Derby Day · The Private View at the Royal Academy, · An English Merry-Making, A.
        3. William Powell Frith RA (9 January – 2 November ) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in.
        4. William Powell Frith.

          5. He was elected to the Royal Academy in , presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work.[2][3] He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth".[4]

          Early life

          William Powell Frith was born in Aldfield, near Ripon in the then West Riding of Yorkshire on 9 January He had originally intended to be an auctioneer.[5] His mother was Jane Frith, née Powell (&#;).

          Frith was encouraged to take up art by his father, a hotelier in Harrogate. Frith was great uncle and an advisor to the English scho