Study of a Girl Reading (c. 1860 - 1870’s). Valentine Cameron Prinsep (Indian-born Br
Study of a Girl Reading (c. 1860 - 1870’s). Valentine Cameron Prinsep (Indian-born British Pre-Raphaelite Painter,1838-1904).Prinsep was also fortunate to have as his teacher, George Frederick Watts, an historical and portrait painter, a leading Victorian artist. Prinsep went to Paris to complete his art education under Charles Gleyre.Prinsep returned to England and exhibited a hundred pictures at the Royal Academy from 1862 and 1904. A versatile artist and a very wealthy one after his marriage to the well-connected Florence Leyland, he painted historical subjects and portraits. He also tried to paint classical and biblical subjects, but the results were dull. -- source link
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