3-082-687 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Our Leading Academicians, painted by themselves: Mr. George Frederick Watts, R.A., 1895. 'Mr. G. F. Watts was born in 1818; travelled in Italy for some time with the last Lord Holland; first exhibited at the Royal Academy 1837. His earlier works were chiefly frescoes for the Houses of Parliament and Lincoln's Inn Hall. He has painted a magnificent series of portraits of distinguished men of the reign, which it is understood he will bequeath to the nation. Recently he has chiefly devoted himself to allegorical subjects. Elected A.R.A. 1867, and full Academician in the same year'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.