Person    | Male  Born 4/7/1840  Died 24/3/1921

Marcus Stone

Categories: Art

Born Marcus Clayton Stone in London, the son of artist Frank Stone who was friends with Thackeray and Dickens. Trained by his father, he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy before he was eighteen. He was recommended by Dickens as an illustrator to several magazines. Elected as an associate to the Royal Academy in 1877. Many of his paintings are of historical incidents. Died at his home, 8 Melbury Street, Kensington.

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Marcus Stone, 1840 - 1921, artist, lived here, 1877 - 1921. English Heritage

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