- Joseph William Allen
Joseph William Allen (1803 – 1852) was an English
landscape painter . Born inLambeth , he attended St Paul's School. Eleven of his pictures were exhibited at theRoyal Academy of Arts , and he was drawing-master at theCity of London School from its opening in 1834. Three of his paintings were bought for theRoyal Collection byPrince Albert , and on his death, his wife and children being left in poverty,Queen Victoria and Prince Albert contributed £25 towards their support.One of his paintings, of Bath from Lyncombe Hill, hangs in the
Building of Bath Museum . Two of his watercolours are in theFaringdon Collection (London), part of theBuscot Park collection. Others of his works are held by theVictoria and Albert Museum , theTate , Eton, and theBritish Museum .References
Jason Rosenfeld, ‘Allen, Joseph William (1803–1852)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/385 accessed 9 Oct 2007]
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