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GEORGE HENRY BOUGHTON (1834-1905)

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE HENRY BOUGHTON (1834-1905)  , Anglo-
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American painter, was born in England, but his parents went to the
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United States in 1839, and he was brought up at Albany, N.Y . He studied
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art in Paris in 1861-62, and subsequently lived mainly in
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London; he was much influenced by Frederick Walker, and the delicacy and grace of his pictures soon made his reputation . He was elected an A.R.A. in 1879, and R.A. in 1896, and a member of the
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National Academy of Design in New York in 1871 . His pictures of Dutch
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life and scenery were especially characteristic; and his subject-pictures, such as the " Return of the
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Mayflower " and " The
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Scarlet Letter," were very popular in
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America .

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