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George Frederic Watts

(1817-1904), Painter and sculptor; Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery

Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 43 portraits
Artist associated with 93 portraits
Painter; won premiums at Westminster Palace Competitions, 1842 and 1847; visited Italy, 1843-7; his large allegorical works on universal themes appealed deeply to the Victorians, and he was considered to be the greatest English artist of his age; RA, 1867; married the actress Ellen Terry, 1864 (separated 1865), and secondly the artist and ceramicist Mary Fraser Tytler, 1886.

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George Frederic Watts

by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1882 or before
NPG x27298

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George Frederic Watts

by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co
platinum print, circa 1889, published 1892
NPG x27300

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john Andrewartha

20 November 2019, 16:32

George Frederic Watts (1817-1904), Painter and sculptor
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