| Original Artist | William Shakespeare Burton |
|---|---|
| Code# | 12262 |
| Available in | Medium Quality High Quality |
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William Shakespeare Burton
(1826 London, England - 1916 London, England)
English painter. He was the son of the dramatist William Evans Burton (1802–60). After studying at the Government School of Design at Somerset House, he entered the Royal Academy Schools in 1846. He exhibited intermittently from that year until 1897 at the Royal Academy and was a member of the Hogarth Club, a predominantly Pre-Raphaelite institution. He was befriended by the critic Tom Taylor and through him was offered work designing capital letters for Punch early in his career, which helped alleviate serious financial hardship. In 1852 he exhibited Delilah Begging the Forgiveness of Samson in Captivity at the Royal Academy, where it won a gold medal. Four years later Burton’s most popular work, the Wounded Cavalier (London, Guildhall A.G.), was shown there. It was well received by critics, who commented on its apparent debt to Pre-Raphaelitism. Burton had only slight personal contact with Pre-Raphaelite circles, but the style of the Wounded Cavalier and the choice of a Civil War subject similar to John Everett Millais’s earlier Proscribed Royalist, 1651, suggest close familiarity with their work.
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