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188: 101: 374: 341: 57: 22: 145:. These were followed by numerous other pictures of school and village life at both galleries. In 1840 Webster was elected an associate of the Royal Academy (ARA), and in 1846 a Royal Academician (RA). He continued to be a frequent exhibitor there until 1876, when he retired from the academy. He exhibited a self-portrait in 1878, and 200:
Webster became known for his genre paintings, often with children as subjects, depicting incidents from everyday life in a genial and humorous way. Many of these were exceedingly popular, particularly his
354: 389: 394: 533: 468: 314: 503: 78: 236:, are among the numerous pictures which became well known by engravings. He also contributed work to volumes issued by the London-based 97:, exhibiting, in 1824, a portrait of "Mr Robinson and Family". In the following year he won first prize in the school of painting. 427: 363: 74: 513: 508: 528: 523: 518: 129:- the first of a series of pictures of schoolboy life for which he subsequently became known. In 1828 he exhibited 32: 409: 256: 208:
In the limited range of subjects which he made his own, Webster was unrivalled. Some of his pictures - such as
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scenes of school and village life, many of which became popular through prints. He lived for many years at the
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in London. He abandoned music for painting, however, and in 1821 was admitted as a student at the
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Webster was influential on the work of fellow Cranbrook artists
367:. Vol. 60. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 127. 73:, London. His father was a member of the household of 292: 290: 288: 117:, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC 430:(first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844), 195:(c. 1847; Victoria and Albert Museum, London) 171:From 1835 to 1856 Webster lived at The Mall, 8: 465:(The Weald - people history and genealogy) 307: 305: 64:(1843; Victoria and Albert Museum, London) 279: 186: 179:, Kent, where he died on 23 Sept. 1886. 152:In 1856 Webster was photographed at the 55: 296: 272: 410:44 artworks by or after Thomas Webster 69:Webster was born in Ranelagh Street, 7: 453:Thomas Webster biography and works 133:at the Royal Academy, and in 1829 14: 534:19th-century British male artists 121:In 1825, also, Webster exhibited 463:Thomas Webster biography and art 372: 364:Dictionary of National Biography 339: 113:, photogravure, published 1884, 115:Department of Image Collections 428:The artist's father and mother 1: 504:19th-century British painters 220:- were issued as prints by 149:, his last picture, in 1879. 16:19th-century English painter 355:Webster, Thomas (1800-1886) 550: 210:Please remember the Grotto 123:Rebels shooting a Prisoner 390:Webster, Thomas (painter) 234:The Boy with Many Friends 312:Thomas Webster biography 162:Art Treasures Exhibition 139:A Foraging Party Aroused 395:Encyclopædia Britannica 514:British genre painters 434:A Dame's School (1845) 421:In Sickness and Health 261:Frederick Daniel Hardy 257:George Bernard O'Neill 197: 154:Photographic Institute 127:Suffolk Street Gallery 118: 66: 62:In Sickness and Health 25: 509:English male painters 447:Thomas Webster online 321:("Leighton Fine Art). 190: 109:by J. P. Mayall from 103: 59: 24: 529:Painters from London 246:Songs of Shakespeare 242:The Deserted Village 147:Released from School 524:People from Pimlico 143:British Institution 131:The Gunpowder Plot' 519:Royal Academicians 471:(c. 1850 painting) 317:2012-03-07 at the 198: 119: 91:St. James's Palace 79:St George's Chapel 67: 26: 440:The Village Choir 351:Dodgson, Campbell 193:The Village Choir 541: 399: 378: 376: 375: 368: 343: 342: 322: 309: 300: 294: 283: 277: 222:Abraham Le Blond 35: 549: 548: 544: 543: 542: 540: 539: 538: 484: 483: 449:(ArtCyclopedia) 406: 388:, ed. (1911). " 384: 373: 371: 349: 340: 331: 326: 325: 319:Wayback Machine 310: 303: 295: 286: 278: 274: 269: 250:Etch'd Thoughts 196: 185: 111:Artists at Home 85:, and then the 65: 54: 42:artists' colony 31: 17: 12: 11: 5: 547: 545: 537: 536: 531: 526: 521: 516: 511: 506: 501: 496: 486: 485: 482: 481: 475:Thomas Webster 472: 466: 460: 450: 444: 436: 431: 425: 417: 405: 404:External links 402: 401: 400: 386:Chisholm, Hugh 369: 330: 327: 324: 323: 301: 284: 271: 270: 268: 265: 191: 184: 181: 158:Robert Howlett 106:Thomas Webster 83:Windsor Castle 60: 53: 50: 29:Thomas Webster 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 546: 535: 532: 530: 527: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 510: 507: 505: 502: 500: 497: 495: 492: 491: 489: 480: 476: 473: 470: 467: 464: 461: 458: 457:Royal Academy 454: 451: 448: 445: 442: 441: 437: 435: 432: 429: 426: 423: 422: 418: 415: 411: 408: 407: 403: 397: 396: 391: 387: 382: 381:public domain 370: 366: 365: 360: 356: 352: 347: 346:public domain 338: 337: 336: 335: 328: 320: 316: 313: 308: 306: 302: 298: 293: 291: 289: 285: 281: 280:Chisholm 1911 276: 273: 266: 264: 262: 258: 253: 251: 247: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 223: 219: 215: 211: 206: 204: 194: 189: 182: 180: 178: 174: 169: 167: 163: 159: 156:in London by 155: 150: 148: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 124: 116: 112: 108: 107: 102: 98: 96: 95:Royal Academy 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 72: 63: 58: 51: 49: 47: 43: 39: 34: 30: 23: 19: 479:Find a Grave 438: 419: 412: at the 393: 362: 334:Attribution: 333: 332: 297:Dodgson 1899 275: 254: 249: 248:(1843), and 245: 241: 238:Etching Club 233: 229: 225: 217: 213: 209: 207: 202: 199: 192: 170: 151: 146: 138: 135:The Prisoner 134: 130: 122: 120: 110: 104: 87:Chapel Royal 68: 61: 28: 27: 18: 499:1886 deaths 494:1800 births 459:collection) 359:Lee, Sidney 214:Snowballing 488:Categories 329:References 216:and maybe 173:Kensington 166:Manchester 125:, at the 75:George III 469:The Dunce 353:(1899). " 230:The Frown 226:The Smile 218:The Swing 177:Cranbrook 168:in 1857. 48:in Kent. 46:Cranbrook 315:Archived 252:(1844). 244:(1841), 228:(1841), 443:(1847). 424:(1843), 383::  361:(ed.). 348::  141:at the 71:Pimlico 414:Art UK 377:  357:". In 267:Notes 203:Punch 38:genre 416:site 259:and 232:and 183:Work 137:and 52:Life 477:at 392:". 212:, 164:in 89:at 81:in 44:at 490:: 304:^ 287:^ 263:. 240:: 224:. 33:RA 455:( 299:. 282:.

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RA
genre
artists' colony
Cranbrook

Pimlico
George III
St George's Chapel
Windsor Castle
Chapel Royal
St. James's Palace
Royal Academy

Thomas Webster
Department of Image Collections
Suffolk Street Gallery
British Institution
Photographic Institute
Robert Howlett
Art Treasures Exhibition
Manchester
Kensington
Cranbrook

Abraham Le Blond
Etching Club
George Bernard O'Neill
Frederick Daniel Hardy
Chisholm 1911

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