William Carpenter

Painter, Deceased Person

1818 – 1899

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Who was William Carpenter?

William Carpenter was a watercolour artist. He travelled for six or seven years in the 1850s painting scenes of India, its people and its life. The Victoria and Albert Museum bought over 280 of his paintings. In 1856 he painted Prince Fakhr-ud Din Mirza, the eldest son of Bahadur Shah II, the last King of Delhi, five months before the Prince died.

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Born
1818
London
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • England
Profession
Education
  • Royal Academy of Arts
Lived in
  • London
Died
1899
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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