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BEARD, WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 575 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEARD, See also:WILLIAM HOLBROOK (1825-1900) , See also:American painter, was See also:born on the 13th of See also:April 1825 at Painesville, See also:Ohio. He studied abroad, and in 1561 removed to New See also:York See also:City, where in 1862 he became a member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design. He was a prolific worker and a See also:man of much inventiveness and originality, though of modest See also:artistic endowment. His humorous treatment of See also:cats, See also:dogs, horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and expression, usually satirical, gave him a See also:great See also:vogue at one See also:time, and his pictures were largely reproduced. His See also:brother, See also:James See also:Henry Beard (1814-1893), was also a painter.

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