William Powell Frith

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Place: Aldfield

Born: 1819

Death: 1909

Biography:

William Powell Frith RA (19 January 1819 – 9 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work. He has been described as the "greatest British painter of the social scene since...

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