Monday, December 1, 2008

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.

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