Henry Worrall
Illustration — Portrait of Henry Worrall, ca.1890 • Illustration — "Drouthy Kansas" (1869) by Worrall Henry Worrall (1825–1902) was an American visual artist and musician in Ohio and Kansas in the 19th century. Henry Worrall was born in Liverpool, England, he moved to the U.S. in the 1830s, working as "a newsboy in New York and Cincinnati." In Ohio he taught guitar at the Ohio Female College and co-founded the Cincinnati Sketch Club. He settled in Topeka in 1868 and may have been "the only regular subscriber to the London Punch in Kansas." Worrall designed the landscaping of Washburn College; and the Kansas exhibits at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, and the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.
Henry Worrall
- Born
- 1825 · Liverpool.
- Died
- 1902 · Kansas.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- composer · artist · illustrator · guitarist · music teacher
- Fields
- music · visual arts
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Illustration — Portrait of Henry Worrall, ca.1890 • Illustration — "Drouthy Kansas" (1869) by Worrall Henry Worrall (1825–1902) was an American visual artist and musician in Ohio and Kansas in the 19th century. Henry Worrall was born in Liverpool, England, he moved to the U.S. in the 1830s, working as "a newsboy in New York and Cincinnati." In Ohio he taught guitar at the Ohio Female College and co-founded the Cincinnati Sketch Club. He settled in Topeka in 1868 and may have been "the only regular subscriber to the London Punch in Kansas." Worrall designed the landscaping of Washburn College; and the Kansas exhibits at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876, and the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893.
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Some of his musical compositions were published by Oliver Ditson in Boston and J.L. Peters & Bros. In St. He died in Kansas in 1902.
* • Illustrations by Worrall on p.273 and p.303. * *
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1825
Henry Worrall born at Liverpool.
1902
Henry Worrall died at Kansas.
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