Children The Smile Thomas Webster

Antique Gravure Process of the Oil painting by Thomas George Webster (1800-1886) a genre painter who delighted in depicting the incidental honest events in everyday life.

Published by the Art Guild, London 1913

Thomas Webster had an enchanting talent for depicting children that made him incredibly popular in Queen Victoria's Reign. "The Smile" depicts children of a school bench, delighting in each other's company and that of the onlooker. (all except the little boy with the dunces-cap at the rear and the child with the toothache in the foreground!)In 1846 he became a full member of the Royal academy, having his genius identified and nurtured from childhood. His father was a member of George III household. He excelled in conveying quiet humor and geniality.

Gravure Size = 12.5 x 27cm / 5 x 10.8 inch

Condition = Excellent. Issued with original Art Guild text