William Hemsley

Place: London

Born: 1819

Death: 1893

Biography:

William Hemsley (1817 or 1819 – 24 December 1906 ) was a British artist who specialised in genre paintings. William was born in London, the son of architect William Whitfield Hemsley and Caroline Amelia Hemsley. He was sent away to preparatory school in Brighton at a young age, and began to develop an interest in art through painting portraits as a...