Elias Childe
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Elias Childe RBA (1778 – 1849) was a British landscape painter. He was a prolific artist, working both in oils and watercolours.
Born 1788, he was elder brother to the artist James Warren Childe and Henry Langdon Childe who developed the magic lantern.[1] He first exhibited in 1798 at the Royal Academy, when he was living at 29 Compton Street, Soho, with his brother James. He concentrated on landscape, a field in which he was a success. In 1825 he was elected a fellow of the Society of British Artists.[2]
Childe exhibited for the last time in 1848, and died in 1849.[1]
