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WEBSTER, THOMAS (1800-1886)

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 464 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WEBSTER, See also:THOMAS (1800-1886) , See also:English figure painter, was See also:born at See also:Ranelagh See also:Street, Pimlico, See also:London, on the loth of See also:March 1800. His See also:father was a member of the See also:household of See also:George III.; and the son, having shown an aptitude for See also:music, became a chorister in the See also:Chapel Royal, St See also:James's. He, however, See also:developed a still stronger love for See also:painting, and in 1821 he was admitted student of the Royal See also:Academy, to whose See also:exhibition he contributed, in 1824, portraits of " Mrs See also:Robinson and See also:Family." In the following See also:year he gained the first See also:medal in the school of painting. Till 1879 he continued to exhibit in the Royal Academy See also:work of a genial and gently humorous See also:character, dealing commonly with subjects of See also:familiar incident, and especially of See also:child See also:life. Many of these were exceedingly popular, particularly his " See also:Punch " (1840), which procured in 1841 his See also:election as A.R.A., followed five years later by full membership. He became an honorary retired academician in 1877, and died at See also:Cranbrook, See also:Kent, on the 23rd of See also:September 1886. His " Going into School, or the Truant " (1836), and his " See also:Dame's School " (1845) are in the See also:National See also:Gallery, and five of his See also:works are in the See also:South See also:Kensington Museum.

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