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John Callcott Horsley Art

British, 1817-1903

John Callcott Horsley was born in London on January 29, 1817. He was an English Academic painter of genre and historical scenes, illustrator and designer of the first Christmas card. Horsley was mentored by his relatives Sir Augustus Wall Callcott and William Mulready. He studied at Henry Sass's Academy along with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Powell Frith. Between 1839–96, he exhibited 121 paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts, being elected a full Royal Academician in 1864. In 1861, Horsley moved to the village of Cranbrook in Kent, where he helped establish the famous Cranbrook Colony of important 19th-century artists alongside Thomas Webster and Frederick Daniel Hardy. Horsley died on October 18, 1903, in London.

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Artist: John Callcott Horsley
Painting of The Merry Wives of Windsor attributed to John Calcott Horsley
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Painting of The Merry Wives of Windsor attributed to John Calcott Horsley English, 19th Century Frame: Height 97.5cm, width 74cm, depth 7cm Panel: Height 78cm, width 54cm, depth 0.5c...
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19th Century Victorian John Callcott Horsley Art

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