(b Hereford, 1814; d Notting Hill, London, 19 May 1873). English painter. He studied first in London, then in Paris under Paul Delaroche at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1883 he returned as a student to the Royal Academy and then spent two years copying Old Master paintings in Paris and The Hague for a private patron. His first history painting, the Interview between Milton and Galileo, was hung at the Royal Academy in 1840, and thereafter he divided his time between England and France. He lived for 16 years at Barbizon but, instead of joining the landscape painters there, chose to concentrate on significant scenes from British history. In England he was a regular contributor to the fresco competitions for the New Palace of Westminster: in 1844 he was awarded a
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