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WILLIAM EDWARD FROST RA (1810-1877)

Figure Drawing (c. 1860 England)

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Item Stock Code

W435g

Item Medium Description

pencil with watercolour

UK/USA Dimensions

3.50 inch wide   5.75 inch high

European Converted Dimensions

8.89 cm wide  14.60 cm high

Item Literature

Bibl: Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs by E. Benezit

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WILLIAM EDWARD FROST RA (1810 -1877)

‘Figure Drawing’
pencil with watercolour - 5.75 x 3.5ins

William Edward Frost was an English mythological & allegorical painter. Born at Wandsworth in 1810 he entered the Royal Academy in 1829 & in 1839 he won the gold medal.
He was greatly influenced by the works of William Etty and, after working as a portrait painter for fourteen years, abandoned the genre to follow in Etty’s footsteps. He was awarded a prize of £100 at the Westminster Hall competition of 1843, for his ‘Nymph Surprised by Faun’s.
He was elected ARA in 1846 and RA in 1871 - his diploma picture being entitled 'A Nymph & Cherub'
He died in London in 1877. His work can be seen in the V&A Museum, in London.

FROST
Type Artist/Maker
Qualificiations RA
Country of origin England
Born 1810
Died 1877

William Edward Frost was an English mythological & allegorical painter.
Frost was born at Wandsworth in 1810. He entered the Royal Academy in 1829 & in 1839 he won the gold medal.
He was greatly influenced by the works of William Etty and, after working as a portrait painter for fourteen years, abandoned the genre to follow in Etty’s footsteps. He was awarded a prize of £100 at the Westminster Hall competition of 1843, for his ‘Nymph Surprised by Faun’s.
He was elected ARA in 1846 & RA in 1871 - his diploma picture being entitled 'A Nymph & Cherub'
He died in London in 1877. His work can be seen in the V&A in London.
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Lacewing Fine Art
The Studio at Farthing Cottage
Stratford-sub-Castle
Salisbury
Wiltshire
SP1 3LB

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