Edward Thomson Davis
English painter
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Edward Thomson Davis (1833 – 12 June 1867) was a British genre painter, active in Worcester, England.
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Edward Thomson Davis | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1833 |
| Died | 12 June 1867 |
| Occupation | Painter |
Biography
Davis was born at Northwick, near Worcester,[1] and studied at Birmingham School of Design[2] and then at Worcester School of Design, and worked collaboratively with his fellow student at the latter, Benjamin Williams Leader, on at least one painting, A View of Frog Lane (1854).[3]
He exhibited twenty works at the Royal Academy, starting in 1854.[2][3] His drawing, Studies of a Child and Two Women, is in the collection of The Tate Gallery.[4] Other works are in Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Shipley Art Gallery, Worcester City Museum and the Ashmolean Museum.[5][2] In 1951 an album of his drawings was sold by Christie's.[2]
In 1854, his address was 22 Foregate Street, Worcester; during a "short stay"[1] in London in 1856 he gave his address as 16 Russell Place, Fitzroy Square.[2] In or after 1859, he was again living in Northwick.[1]
Davis visited the Netherlands, and travelled to Rome in 1866.[1] He died there on 12 June 1867, during a cholera outbreak, at the age of just 34.[3][2]
