George Elgar Hicks
12/12/2014
English painter of the Victorian era. Considered the main imitator William Powell Frith. Born March 13, 1824 in Lymington, Hampshire. George Elgar Hicks was the second son of a wealthy judge. Hicks parents wanted him to become a doctor, and Hicks studied medicine at University College from 1840-42. However, after three years of study Hicks decided he wanted to be an artist. In 1844 he entered the Royal Academy Schools. He retired in 1890 and died a month before the declaration of the First World War in 1914.
"Wedding breakfast", 1862
Mrs. Hicks, Mary, Rosa and Elgar
Mother and Child
A walk in the carriage. George Elgar Hicks (1824-1914)
Dividend Day, Bank of England (1859)
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