1909

William Powell Frith

Categories: Art

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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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