Nationality British Role Artist Education Royal Academy Died 1895 | Occupation Painter Siblings William Carpenter Name Percy Carpenter | |
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Parents Margaret Sarah Carpenter, William Hookham Carpenter Cousins Wilkie Collins, Charles Allston Collins Grandparents James Carpenter, Harriet Easton, Alexander Geddes Similar People Margaret Sarah Carpenter, Charles Allston Collins, Wilkie Collins | ||
Percy Carpenter (1820-1895), son of artists William Hookham Carpenter and Margaret Sarah Carpenter, was a painter active in the mid-19th century.
Biography
Carpenter studied painting in the British Royal Academy and exhibited there, and at the British Institution ca. 1841-1842. From 1851 to 1858 he worked in Asia, producing works exhibited in the National Museum of Singapore and the Royal Academy.
In 1859, he was in India, where he produced works now exhibited in the India Office Library and published in books. In 1861 he published "Boar Hunting in India" which included "The Charge" (see illustration). Like his father, he also served as a Keeper of Prints at the British Museum. He was a friend of art critic, illustrator, and director of the British National Portrait Gallery, Sir George Scharf.