Algernon Cecil Newton

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Born: 1880

Death: 1968

Biography:

Algernon Newton RA (1880–1968) was a British landscape artist known as the "Canaletto of the canals". Newton was born in Hampstead in 1880, a grandson of Henry Newton, one of the founders of the Winsor & Newton the art materials company. Early in World War I, Newton held the rank of Sub-lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Later, he ser...

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