Born in South Shields, England Ernest Seton became a noted illustrator of naturalist subjects, especially wildlife.
He moved to Toronto, Canada in 1866 when he was a youngster, and lived there with his family in the wilderness for four years. Sickly, he took solace in nature. He asserted his independence by making his last name, Thompson, his middle one and adding the name of Seton. He apprenticed to a portrait painter, studied at the Toronto Collegiate Institute, and then spent three yea (showing 500 of 2580 characters). |
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