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Last Name Selous

Given Name Henry Courtney

alt. Names H. C. S. ; H. C. Selous / signed: Selous ;

Marriage in 1837 w. Emily Elizabeth (1xxx-1879), daughter of the miniature painter Henry Pierce Boneat

Children 4 daughters

Year born 1837 fl.

Year died

Place of death

Father's occupation miniature painter George Selous

Relatives

Education pupil of painter ->John Martin, since 1818 studies in the Royal Academy Schools

Country of Activity England, UK

Worked for painting of: The Opening of the Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on 1st May 1851: www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/explore_exhibition/history.html

Patronage

Collaborators

Techniques animal, architectural, landscape, and portrait painting ; historical and technical illustration

Sample(s) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crystal_Palace_-_Queen_Victoria_opens_the_Great_Exhibition.jpg ; www.artnet.de/K%C3%BCnstler/henry+courtney-selous/

Archival sources Victoria & Albert Museum, London; www.oxforddnb.com/index/64/101064290/

Published sources Nathan Uglow in Oxford DNB online ;

other cf. also http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/explore_exhibition/history.html .

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