Alfred Herbert
Alfred Herbert (1818-1861), was an English watercolour painter. Herbert was born in Christchurch area of Southwark the son of a Thames waterman, who apprenticed him to a boatbuilder, but, yielding to a strong natural inclination, he became an artist. He began to exhibit with the Society of British Artists in 1844, and at the Royal Academy in 1847, his subjects being coast scenes, with fishing-boats and figures, and views in the lower reaches of the Thames.
Alfred Herbert
- Died
- 1861 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- English
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Alfred Herbert (1818-1861), was an English watercolour painter. Herbert was born in Christchurch area of Southwark the son of a Thames waterman, who apprenticed him to a boatbuilder, but, yielding to a strong natural inclination, he became an artist. He began to exhibit with the Society of British Artists in 1844, and at the Royal Academy in 1847, his subjects being coast scenes, with fishing-boats and figures, and views in the lower reaches of the Thames.
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Born in 1810, died in London in 1861.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands and Scheveningen. Work by Alfred Herbert is recorded in the collections of Yale Center for British Art and Southampton City Art Gallery.
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