John Callcott Horsley

["The World Forgetting". Sunday Afternoon in Kensington Gardens, AD 1780] c. 1877

oil on canvas

exhibited at the RA in 1877

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1817 - 1903.

Horsley was a historical genre painter, brother-in-law of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Most famous now for designing the world's first Christmas card.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Callcott_Horsley

http://www.nndb.com/people/310/000103001/