On 9th January 1819 William Powell Frith was born in Aldfield, North Yorkshire [Map].
1838. William Powell Frith [aged 18]. Self-portrait.
1843. William Powell Frith [aged 23]. Portrait of John Ruskin [aged 23].
In or before 1848 William Powell Frith [aged 28] and Isabelle were married. They had twelve children.
1854. William Powell Frith [aged 34]. "Ramsgate Sands".
1855. William Powell Frith [aged 35]. "At the Opera".
1859. William Powell Frith [aged 39]. "Charles Dickens [aged 46] in His Study".
10th March 1863. William Powell Frith [aged 44]. Marriage of the future King Edward VII and Alexandra. The artist has depicted the moment when the Prince [aged 21] is about to place the ring on the Princess' [aged 18] finger. The two little boys dressed in tartan are Prince Leopold [aged 9] and Prince Arthur [aged 12], Queen Victoria's youngest sons. At the top right of the painting the Queen [aged 43] herself looks down on the ceremony.
1872. William Powell Frith [aged 52]. "The Fair Toxophilites".
1875. William Powell Frith [aged 55]. "Polly Peachum".
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In 1880 William Powell Frith [aged 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 [aged 80] and Thomas Creswick. "Haddon Hall, Derbyshire [Map] Steps".
1901. William Powell Frith [aged 81]. Self-portrait.
1901. William Powell Frith [aged 81]. "The Signal".
On 2nd November 1909 William Powell Frith [aged 90] died.