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JOHN CALLCOTT HORSLEY (1817-1903)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 740 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:CALLCOTT See also:HORSLEY (1817-1903)  , See also:English painter, son of See also:William See also:Horsley, the musician, and See also:grand-See also:nephew of See also:Sir See also:Augustus See also:Callcott, was See also:born in See also:London, on the 29th of See also:January 1817 . He studied See also:painting in the See also:Academy See also:schools, and in 1836 exhibited " The See also:Pride of the See also:Village " (See also:Vernon See also:Gallery) at the Royal Academy . This was followed by numerous genre pictures at subsequent exhibitions up to 1893, the best known of these being " Malvolio," " L'See also:Allegro and i1 Penseroso " (painted for the See also:Prince See also:Consort), " Le Jour See also:des Morts," " A See also:Scene from See also:Don Quixote," &c . In 1843 his See also:cartoon of " St See also:Augustine See also:Preaching" won a See also:prize in the See also:Westminster See also:Hall competition, and in 1844 he was selected as one of the six painters commissioned to execute frescoes for the Houses of See also:Parliament, his " See also:Religion " (1845) being put in the See also:House of Lords; he also painted the ." See also:Henry V. assuming the See also:Crown " and " Satan surprised at the See also:Ear of See also:Eve." In 1864 he became R.A., and in 1882 was elected treasurer, a See also:post which he held till 1897, when he resigned and became a " retired Academician." Mr Horsley had much to do with organizing the See also:winter exhibitions of " Old Masters " at See also:Burlington House after 1870 . When, during the 'eighties, the example of the See also:French See also:Salon began to affect the Academy exhibitors, and paintings of the nude became the See also:fashion, he protested against the innovation, and his attitude caused See also:Punch to give him the punning See also:sobriquet of " Mr J . C (lothes) Horsley." He died on the 18th of See also:October 1903 . His son, Sir See also:Victor Horsley (b . 1857), became famous as a surgeon and neuropathologist, and a prominent supporter of the cause of experimental, See also:research .

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