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Biography of William Powell Frith 1819-1909

William Powell Frith 1819-1909 is in Painters.

On 9th January 1819 William Powell Frith was born in Aldfield, North Yorkshire [Map].

1838. William Powell Frith (age 18). Self-portrait.

1843. William Powell Frith (age 23). Portrait of John Ruskin (age 23).

In or before 1848 William Powell Frith (age 28) and Isabelle were married. They had twelve children.

1854. William Powell Frith (age 34). "Ramsgate Sands".

1855. William Powell Frith (age 35). "At the Opera".

1859. William Powell Frith (age 39). "Charles Dickens (age 46) in His Study".

Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra

10th March 1863. William Powell Frith (age 44). Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra. The artist has depicted the moment when the Prince (age 21) is about to place the ring on the Princess' (age 18) finger. The two little boys dressed in tartan are Prince Leopold (age 9) and Prince Arthur (age 12), Queen Victoria's youngest sons. At the top right of the painting the Queen (age 43) herself looks down on the ceremony.

1872. William Powell Frith (age 52). "The Fair Toxophilites".

1875. William Powell Frith (age 55). "Polly Peachum".

In 1880 William Powell Frith (age 60) and Mary Alford were married after year after the death of his first wife. She and he already had seven children

Before 1900. William Powell Frith (age 80) and Thomas Creswick. "Haddon Hall, Derbyshire [Map] Steps".

1901. William Powell Frith (age 81). Self-portrait.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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1901. William Powell Frith (age 81). "The Signal".

On 2nd November 1909 William Powell Frith (age 90) died.