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the Bower; First Spring Day; From the History of Psyche; Boudoir of Princess Galitzin.—Bellier, ii. 718; Larousse, xv. 1289; Meyer, Gesch., 613, 665.
WATTS, GEORGE FREDERICK, born
in London in 1818.
Subject and portrait
painter, pupil of Royal
Academy, where he
exhibited in 1837;
first attracted notice
in 1842 by his cartoon,
Caractacus led
in Triumph through
the Streets of Rome,
for which he was awarded a prize of £300
in the competition for the decoration of the
Houses of Parliament. After studying some
time in Florence, he won a prize, in 1847, of
£500 for a cartoon of Alfred inciting the
Saxons to prevent the Landing of the Danes
by meeting them at Sea. He has painted
some important frescos, chief of which is
the School of Legislation, in the dining-hall
of Lincoln's Inn. Mr. Watts has exhibited
many ideal pictures, but his chief honours
have been won in portraiture, in which he
has few rivals. He is also noted as a sculptor.
He was elected an A.R.A. in 1867, and
R.A. in 1868. Medals: 1st class, Paris, 1878;
L. of Honour, 1878; 1st class, Antwerp Exhibition,
1885. Among his principal subject
pieces are: The Window-Seat, Sir Galahad
(1862); Virginia, Ariadne (1863); Esau
(1865); Thetis (1866); Lamplight Study
(1867); Wife of Pygmalion, Jacob and Esau
(1868); Return of the Dove, Red Cross Knight
and Una (1869); Daphne, Fata Morgana
(1870); The Prodigal (1873); To all Churches
(1875); By the Sea (1876); Love and Death
The Dove, Lady Lindsay of Balcarres
(1877); Britomart and her Nurse, Florence
(1878); Paolo and Francesca, Orpheus and
Eurydice, Enid and Geraint, Dorothy (1879);
Psyche (1880); Dean's Daughter, Lucy
(1880); Arcadia, Carrara from Pisa (1881);
Katie, Condottiere of 15th Century, Rider
on Pale Horse, do. on White Horse, do. on
Black Horse, do. on Red Horse (1883); Love
and Life, Rain passing Away, Uldra, Alice,
Happy Warrior (1884); Ararat (1885); Death
of Cain, The Soul's Prism, Hope (1886).
Among his portraits are those of Tennyson,
Browning, Swinburne, William Morris, Carlyle,
Stuart Mill, Matthew Arnold, Dean
Stanley, W. E. Lecky, Gladstone, Duke of
Argyll, Leslie Stephen, Holman Hunt, Burne-Jones,
Millais, Leighton, Lord Lyndhurst,
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Viscount Stratford
de Redcliffe, Sir C. W. Dilke, Viscount Sherbrooke,
Mrs. Frederick Myers, Marquis of
Salisbury (1884), Earl Lytton (1884). A
collection of his works was exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum, New York, in 1884-85.
Mr. Watts has lately announced that
he will work hereafter for the nation only,
and not for private individuals.—Meynell,
225; L'Art (1882), ii. 8; Portfolio (1870),
65; (1879), 129; Art Journal (1884).
WAUTERS, CHARLES AUGUSTIN,
born at Boom, near Antwerp, April 23,
1811. History painter, pupil of Mechlin
and Antwerp Academies; then studied in
Paris, and in 1836 returned to Mechlin.
Member of the Amsterdam Academy, 1855.
Medals: Brussels, 1836; Order of Leopold.
Works: Unhappy Family, Death of Mary
of Burgundy (1836); Episode in History of
Mary of Burgundy (1839); Martyrdom of
St. Lawrence (1840); Glorification of St.
Rombout; Last Supper; Peter the Hermit;
Crucifixion (1862); Calvaert instructing his
Pupils in Anatomy; Anniversary of Battle
of Waterloo; Entry of Great Council into
Mechlin; Fair Edith; Gentleman comparing
Time on his Watch with Clock, Carlsruhe
Gallery.—Immerzeel, iii. 222; Kramm,
vi. 1833.
WAUTERS, ÉMILE, born in Brussels,
Nov. 29, 1846. History painter, pupil of
Portaels, then in Paris (1867) of Gérôme;
visited Italy and Germany in 1868, and
Egypt in 1869. Member of Brussels, Vienna,
and Madrid Academies. Medals: Paris,
2d class, 1875, 1876; of honour, 1878; L.
of Honour, 1878; Orders of Leopold and of