Thomas Uwins

The Henry VII chapel (1812 engraving)

Thomas Uwins RA RWS (24 February 1782, in London – 26 August 1857) was a British portrait, subject, genre and landscape painter in watercolour and oil, and a book illustrator. He became a full member of the Old Watercolour Society and a Royal Academician, and held a number of high-profile art appointments including the librarian of the Royal Academy, Surveyor of Pictures to Queen Victoria and the Keeper of the National Gallery.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Uwins, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 79–80.
  2. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004).
  3. ^ Biography (Answers.com).

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