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Person
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Frith, William Powell
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Description area
Dates of existence
1819-1909
History
William Powell Frith was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleeping Model as his Diploma work