Person    | Male  Born 18/12/1835  Died 3/5/1918

W. F. Yeames

Categories: Art

RA artist. Born as William Frederick Yeames in Russia where his father was British Consul. His family moved to London in 1848. Studied abroad then returned to London in 1859. Had a studio in Park Place and lived in Grove End Road, St John's Wood. Died Teignmouth, Devon.

Best known for his painting 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' On the Royal Albert frieze Yeames designed the sections dealing with architecture.

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W. F. Yeames

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W. F. Yeames

W. F. Yeames, RA, 1835 - 1918, artist, lived here, 1894 - 1912. E M A H S

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Royal Albert Hall frieze

This ornate frieze, titled "The Triumph of Art and Letters", encircles the bu...

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Frederick Goodall

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Thomas Cobden-Sanderson

Thomas Cobden-Sanderson

Bookbinder and printer. Born Thomas James Sanderson at Alnwick, Northumberland. He married Anne Cobden (suffragette daughter of Richard) in 1882 and added her surname to his. He was a friend of Edw...

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1 memorial
Sir Noel Paton

Sir Noel Paton

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Person, Art, Scotland

1 memorial
Richard Dadd

Richard Dadd

Painter. Born Chatham in Kent. Died in a lunatic asylum at Broadmoor, outside London of "an extensive disease of the lungs".

Person, Art

1 memorial
Craigie Aitchison

Craigie Aitchison

Born Edinburgh. Studied law at Middle Temple in 1948 and then in 1950 returned to Edinburgh to paint. Back in London 1952-4 at the Slade School. He returned to Scotland, but in 1963 he moved to the...

Person, Art, Scotland

1 memorial