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WILLIAM POWELL, an English painter; born in Studley, Eng- land, in 1819; became a Royal Academician in 1853; received the decoration of the Legion of Honor in 1878; honorary member of the principal art academies in Europe. His paintings include "Derby Day" (1858); "The Railway Station" (1862); and "The Marriage of the Prince of Wales" (1865). He wrote (1862) and "The Marriage of the and Reminiscences" "Autobiography (1887) and "Further Reminiscences" (1888). He died in 1909.