Person    | Male  Born 9/1/1819  Died 9/11/1909

William Powell Frith

Categories: Art

Painter. Born Yorkshire. Moved to London in 1835. Died Carton Hill.

Wikipedia gives his birth day as "19" but the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and My Yorkshire both give "9".

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William Powell Frith

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William Powell Frith

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