1817-1903 English painter. A nephew of the landscape painter Augustus Wall Callcott, and later Isambard Kingdom Brunel's brother-in-law, he was born into the artistic establishment. He was educated at Henry Sass's Academy and at the Royal Academy. Although he executed two frescoes for the Houses of Parliament (The Spirit of Religion, 1847; London, House of Lords; Satan Wounded by Ithuriel's Lance, 1848; London, Pal. Westminster), his career began with portraiture. Success later came with literary subjects,  Related Paintings of John callcott horsley,R.A. :. | The Birth of Venus fg | St.Dominic Pardons a Heretic | St Michael and the Dragon | Self-Portrait (mk45) | Self-Portrait |
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