Dean Wolstenholme the elder
Illustration — Dean Wolstenholme by Dean Wolstenholme jr. When a young man, engraved on wood by Frank Babbage Dean Wolstenholme the elder (1757–1837) was an English animal painter.
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Dean Wolstenholme the elder
Engraver Frank Babbage, after Dean Wolstenholme Jr. · Public domain
- Born
- 1757 · Yorkshire.
- Died
- 1837 · London.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Dean Wolstenholme by Dean Wolstenholme jr. When a young man, engraved on wood by Frank Babbage Dean Wolstenholme the elder (1757–1837) was an English animal painter.
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The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by Dean Wolstenholme the elder is recorded in the collections of Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Walker Art Gallery and Yale Center for British Art.
Born in Yorkshire, he spent most of his early life in Essex and Hertfordshire. He lived at Cheshunt, at Turnford, and then at Waltham Abbey. His early life was sporting, and he was an amateur artist. In 1793 he became involved in litigation over property at Waltham, and after three unsuccessful chancery suits was left in financial difficulty. He then took up painting as a profession. Around the year 1800, Wolstenholme went to London and settled in East Street, Red Lion Square. In 1803, he exhibited his initial picture, Coursing, at the Royal Academy. Annually to 1824 his animal pictures then appeared at the Academy. • Illustration — Greyhounds Coursing by Dean Wolstenholme the elder After 1826 Wolstenholme painted little. He died in 1837 at the age of 80, and was buried in Old St. Pancras churchyard. The painter Dean Wolstenholme Jr. was his son.
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