Francis William Topham 1808–77 Feeding Chickens 1848 Watercolor on paper 11.4 x 15. 75 in Purchase,Various Donors, 2016 Francis Topham was born in Leeds and moved to London where he became a member of the Artists Society (Clipstone Street) comprising a group of artists devoted to a form of genre portray featuring rustic figures. When Topham accompanied Frederick Goodall and Alfred Fripp to Ireland in the mid 1840s, and he encountered extremes of poverty and deprivation that exceeded anything staged in London. Real-life conditions in the Claddagh and Connemara,where Topham spent time, led to the production of some major …Continue reading →
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