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EYRE, an English historical and genre painter; born in London, in October, 1824; studied painting in the atelier of Paul Delaroche in Paris. He went with that artist to Rome in 1844.
Acting as amanuensis to William M.
Thackeray, he visited the United States in 1852-1853. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1876. Among his paintings are "Goldsmith's Mourners" (1863); "Friends" (1871); "French Savants in Egypt" (1875); "The Rehearsal" (1876); "Marat: 13 July, 1793," "The Blind Beggar," and "The Queen of the May," in 1879; "Queen Eleanor's Tomb" and "Forfeits," in 1880; and "Sir Roger de Coverley and the Spectator at Westminster Abbey" (1881); "How Happy Could I be with Either!" and "The Defense of London in 1643" (1882); "Old Porch, Evesham," in 1884, etc. He wrote "With Thackeray in America" (1893); "Haunts and Homes of Thackeray" (1897). He died in 1910.
CROWFOOT, a troublesome weed found in gardens and pastures. Many varieties, such as the spearwort, abound in moist places, bearing white flowers and spreading over ditches and ponds.
The weed when eaten by cattle imparts a strong flavor to dairy products.