The following is from Lauren Mirabelli, researcher of this artist and a staff member of the Waverley Heritage Museum in Waverley, Nova Scotia, Canada.
James McNeill Whistler was three years old in 1837 when Forshaw Day was born in London. After studying architecture and design at the Royal Dublin Society and South Kensington Art Schools there, Day came to Halifax at age 25 to be a draftsman in H.M. Naval Yard from 1862-79, during which time he also made pictures and taught painting. Thro (showing 500 of 1971 characters). |
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