Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD (1825-1900)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 575 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

WILLIAM HOLBROOK See also:BEARD (1825-1900)  , See also:American painter, was See also:born on the 13th of See also:April 1825 at Painesville, See also:Ohio . He studied abroad, and in 1561 removed to New See also:York See also:City, where in 1862 he became a member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design . He was a prolific worker and a See also:man of much inventiveness and originality, though of modest See also:artistic endowment . His humorous treatment of See also:cats, See also:dogs, horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and expression, usually satirical, gave him a See also:great See also:vogue at one See also:time, and his pictures were largely reproduced . His See also:brother, See also:James See also:Henry See also:Beard (1814-1893), was also a painter .

End of Article: WILLIAM HOLBROOK BEARD (1825-1900)
[back]
BEARD (A.S. beard, O. H. and Mod. Ger. Bart, Dan. b...
[next]
AUBREY VINCENT BEARDSLEY (1872-1898)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.