3-052-499 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Mr. Charles Branwhite, artist, 1880. Engraving from a photograph by '...an amateur, Mr. J. H. Morgan...this accomplished artist...was an Associate Member of the Society of Painters in Water Colours...[He] began as a sculptor, and at twenty years of age won the silver medal given by the Society of Arts...He followed this pursuit a few years, but, in 1838, was led to exchange the chisel for the brush. He exhibited at the British Institution, the Royal Academy, [and] the exhibitions of the Society of British Artists...In 1852 and 1853 Mr. Branwhite took the premiums of £25 in each year at the Art-Union of Glasgow for the best landscape in their exhibition...In 1849 he was elected an Associate of the Water-Colour Society, and...he showed at their exhibitions up to the winter of 1879. After his connection with this society he devoted most of his time to water-colour drawing. On Oct. 5, 1871, the Royal Society of Water-Colour Artists in Belgium conferred upon him the honour of electing him an honorary member. He then showed at their exhibitions. Mr. Branwhite was a friend of the late William Muller and George Fripp, with whom he spent much time in sketching in Leigh Woods and other spots to which local artists are partial'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.