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JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS (180 1876)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 523 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JOHN See also:FREDERICK See also:LEWIS (180 1876)  , See also:British painter, son of F . C . See also:Lewis, engraver, was See also:born in See also:London . He waselected in 1827 See also:associate of the Society of Painters in See also:Water See also:Colours, of which he became full member in 1829 and See also:president in 18J5; he resigned in 1858, and was made associate of the Royal See also:Academy in 1859 and academician in 1865 . Much of his earlier See also:life was spent in See also:Spain, See also:Italy and the See also:East, but he re-turned to See also:England in 1851 and for the See also:remainder of his career devoted himself almost exclusively to Eastern subjects, which he treated with extraordinary care and minuteness of finish, and with much beauty of technical method . He is represented by a picture, " Edfou: Upper See also:Egypt," in the See also:National See also:Gallery of British See also:Art . He achieved equal See also:eminence in both oil and water-See also:colour See also:painting .

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