Wilson Hepple

[Two Kittens playing beside a Kutani tea service]

oil on canvas

1854 - 1937.

[The Swarland pugs]

1898

oil on canvas

["Dodger"] 1881
oil on canvas

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Born in Newcastle and thought to have received his early artists training under William Cosens Way. Initially a genre painter he became best known for his animal work. Initially he lived and worked in Tyneside but later moved to the countryside at Acklington.

http://www.artnet.com/artist/21242/wilson-hepple.html

http://www.burlington.co.uk/artist-biography/wilson-hepple.html