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Watts (GEORGE FREDERICK an FREDERICK)

GEORGE FREDERICK, an land, in 1817. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1837. In 1842 and 1845 he secured prizes of $1,500 and $2,500 from the Commissioners for the Decoration of the Houses of Parliament for his " for his "Caractacus," and "Alfred In- Saxons to Maritime Enterprise"; afterward prise"; afterward painting "St. George Westminster Palace, and the "School of Legislation" for Lincoln's Inn. Among his more important pictures are: "Life's Illusion" (1849); "The Window Seat and Sir Galahad" " (1863); "Esau" (1865); "Love and Death" (1877); "Time, Death and Judgment" (1878); "Happy Warrior" ( "Happy Warrior" (1884) "Hope" (1886) ; "Judgment of Paris" (1887) ; "The Angel of Death" (1888) ; and "Fata was one of the most subtle and powerful of portaitpainters, painters, among his successful work be- , Browning, etc. contemporary British art. He became He was perhaps the greatest idealist in R. A. in 1868, and in 1886 presented some pictures to the nation.

He died in 1904.