William Powell Firth

1819 - 1909

William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was an important Victorian English artist, one of the greatest of the nineteenth-century. His teeming panoramic masterpieces, including 'Derby Day' (which is also available) and 'Life at the Seaside - Ramsgate Sands' broke new ground with their depiction's of diverse contemporary Victorian crowds. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting 'The Sleeping Model' as his Diploma work.

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