Alfred Rankley
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Alfred Rankley (1819–7 December 1872) was a British painter.
Rankley received his art training in the Royal Academy Schools, and began to exhibit there in 1841, when he sent a scene from Shakespeare's Macbeth. This was followed in 1842 by Palamon and Lavinia, exhibited at the Society of British Artists. In 1843 he sent to the Royal Academy a portrait, in 1844 a scene from Othello, and in 1845 a subject from Crabbe's poems. Another portrait and Paul and Virginia were his contributions to the exhibition of 1846, in which year he sent to the Society of British Artists Edith and the Monks finding the Body of Harold, and The Fortune-Teller.[1]
Rankley died at his residence, Clifton Villa, Campden Hill, Kensington, on 7 December 1872, aged 52, and was buried in the St. Marylebone Cemetery in East Finchley.[1]
