William Carpenter
William Carpenter (* 1818 in London , † 1899 in Forest Hill (Oxfordshire) ) was an English painter.
William Carpenter came from a family of artists, his mother was the respected portrait painter Margaret Sarah Carpenter and his father William Hookham Carpenter, who was the director of the graphics department at the British Museum . William Carpenter studied at the Royal Academy . Between 1850 and 1856 he traveled to India and Afghanistan , where he painted numerous watercolors. Back in England he was able to sell his pictures to a newspaper.
In 1881, William Carpenter had an exhibit at the South Kensington Museum, later the Victoria and Albert Museum , which bought 275 of his paintings.
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| SURNAME | Carpenter, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1899 |
| Place of death | London |