Henry Jamyn Brooks was a British painter, particularly known for his pictures of meetings and events, in which many individuals are personally identifiable. He painted royalty, and portraits of civic
Jamyn Brooks in The Tatler, 1902
Private View of the Old Masters Exhibition, Royal Academy, 1888, 1889
The First Meeting of the London County Council in the County Hall Spring Gardens, 1889, oil on canvas, 194 x 368 cm, City of London Corporation collection
Alderman Nathaniel Chapple, Mayor of Torrington (1871, 1879 & 1889), oil on canvas, 90.4 x 69.4 cm, Great Torrington Almshouse, Town Lands and Poors Charities collection
William Powell Frith was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1853, presenting The Sleep
Henry Jamyn Brooks
…people. There are a number of notable contemporary artists in the work, including Sir John Everett Millais, William Holman Hunt, George Richmond, William Powell Frith, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Frank Holl, Sir Edward Poynter, Sir Philip Burne-Jones, and Sir William Quiller Orchardson. Other notable people are critic…
Self-Portrait at the Age of 82 (1901)
Mr WP Frith RA as portrayed by Spy in Vanity Fair, 10 May 1873. Caption reads "The Derby-Day".