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Person    | Male  Born 5/12/1815  Died 18/1/1905

Edward Henry Corbould

Categories: Art

Edward Henry Corbould

Artist. Born into a family of artists either at 70 (St) John Street, now Whitfield Street W1, or 6 Great Coram Street WC1, depending on source. In 1842 Victoria and Albert started buying his works and in 1851 he became art tutor to their children, a post he held for 20 years. Died at the house with the plaque.

The photo shows him c.1870. Lots more info at , especially about his family.

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Edward Corbould

The plaque is a one-off in a delicate serif typeface. The off-set string cour...

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