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We were members of a family of twelve children, and, with one exception, we were born at Wooler, Northumberland, the youngest having been born at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Our father spent a great part of his time in horticultural pursuits, and in middle life took up art as a profess...
_TOM HOOD, EDWARD WYLAM, HENRY SAMPSON, PAUL GRAY, H. S. LEIGH, W. S. GILBERT, TOM ROBERTSON, CLEMENT SCOTT, G. A. SALA, ARTHUR SKETCHLEY, W. J. PROWSE, ASHBY STERRY, C. H. LELA...
2. CHAPTER II._CHARLES KNIGHT, SIR WILLIAM ALLAN, R.A., P.R.S.A, JOHN FRANKLIN, WILLIAM MULREADY, R.A., GEORGE ROUTLEDGE, SIR JOHN TENNIEL, GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, W. E. FROST, R.A., F. R. PICKERS...
4. CHAPTER IV._BIRKET FOSTER, R.W.S., ALEXANDER STRAHAN, SIR E. BURNE-JONES, JOHN D. WATSON, HOLMAN HUNT, FREDERICK SANDYS, HARRISON WEIR, J. WOLF, J. M. LAWLESS, TOM TAYLOR, LORD TENNYSON, S...
3. CHAPTER III._SIR J. E. MILLAIS, P.R.A., HOLMAN HUNT, DANTE G. ROSSETTI, ARTHUR HUGHES, MILLAIS' "PARABLES OF OUR LORD," SIR J. NOEL PATON, P.R.S.A., SIR JOHN TENNIEL, ETC._
5. CHAPTER V._FREDERICK WALKER, A.R.A., R.W.S., CHARLES DICKENS, PROFESSOR HUBERT VON HERKOMER, R.A., GEORGE J. PINWELL, R.W.S., A. B. HOUGHTON, R.W.S., WARD & LOCK, FREDERICK BARNARD, JEAN...
6. CHAPTER VI._LORD LEIGHTON, P.R.A., G. F. WATTS, R.A., SIR E. J. POYNTER, P.R.A. F. MADOX BROWN, HOLMAN HUNT, THOMAS DALZIEL, S. SOLOMON, SIR E. BURNE-JONES, BART., F. R. PICKERSGILL, R.A.,...
1. CHAPTER I.We were members of a family of twelve children, and, with one exception, we were born at Wooler, Northumberland, the youngest having been born at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Our father s...