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MARCUS STONE (184o— )

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 958 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARCUS See also:STONE (184o— )  , See also:English painter, son of See also:Frank See also:Stone, A.R.A., was trained by his See also:father and began to exhibit at the See also:Academy before he was eighteen; and a few years later he illustrated with much success books by See also:Charles See also:Dickens, See also:Anthony See also:Trollope, and other writers, See also:friends of his See also:family . He was elected an See also:associate of the Royal Academy in 1877, and academician in 1887 . In his earlier pictures he dealt much with See also:historical incidents, but in his later See also:work he occupied himself chiefly with a particular type of dainty sentiment, treated with much See also:charm, refinement and executive skill . One of his canvases is in the See also:National See also:Gallery of See also:British See also:Art . Most of his See also:works have been engraved, and medals have been awarded to him at exhibitions in all parts of the See also:world . See the See also:Life and Work of See also:Marcus Stone, R.A., by A . L . Baldry (Art See also:Journal See also:office, 1896) .

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