Herbert Sidney Percy (18 February 1863 - 8 October 1932) [1] [2] was a member of the Williams family of painters who painted mainly portraits, but also produced some fine landscapes of the English countryside.
Percy was the youngest son of the popular Victorian landscape painter Sidney Richard Percy and Emily Fairlam, his father being a member of the Williams family of painters. He married Maud Thompson, who was the sister of the well-known Shakespearean actress Constance Crawley. His sister Amy Dora Percy became a novelist under the pen name of Mrs. Fred Reynolds.
Percy entered the Royal Academy of Art Schools in December 1881 at the age of 18, and spent two three-year terms there, earning two silver medals. Although he was a competent landscape artist, he considered himself primarily a portrait and miniature painter, as these brought in the large commissions, and his portraits hang in the homes of many prominent English families. He also painted some impressionist pieces, worked as a picture restorer, and prepared engravings, often from his own line drawings, for books and magazines. He was a close friend of the writer G.K. Chesterton, and some of Chesterton's books are illustrated with Percy's engravings. [3]
He exhibited one painting at the Royal Academy, [4] and eight works with the Society of British Artists. [5] He was also a frequent exhibitor with the Royal Society of Painters in Oil and Watercolours. His portrait of Captain James Wood hangs in the Royal Marines Museum in Portsmouth, Hampshire. His daughter Sidney Dolores Bunce became a noted California painter.
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Edward Charles Williams was an English landscape painter during the Victorian Era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Sidney Richard Percy was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Arthur Gilbert was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
George Augustus Williams was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Alfred Walter Williams was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Margaret Sarah Carpenter was an English painter. Noted in her time, she mostly painted portraits in the manner of Sir Thomas Lawrence. She was a close friend of Richard Parkes Bonington.
Jacob George Strutt was a British portrait and landscape painter and engraver in the manner of John Constable. He was the husband of the writer Elizabeth Strutt, and father of the painter, traveller and archaeologist Arthur John Strutt.
Frederick William Elwell was an English painter in oils of portraits, interiors and figurative subjects. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Royal Academy, where he became a member in 1938, and painted a portrait of King George V in 1932.
Edwin Henry Boddington Williams was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
William Shayer (1787–1879) was an English landscape painter and figure painter who became prominent during the Victorian era.
Caroline Fanny Williams (1836–1921) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Amy Dora Reynolds, under the pen name of Mrs. Fred Reynolds, was a poet and author of crime and romance novels in the late 19th- and early 20th-century.
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Horace Walter Gilbert (1855-1928) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
Walter Williams (1834–1906) was an English landscape painter during the Victorian era, and a member of the Williams family of painters.
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William Oliver Williams (1823–1901) was an English figurative and genre artist based in London who specialised in paintings of young women. He used the professional name William Oliver. He has sometimes been mistakenly referred to as 'William Oliver the Younger' or 'William Oliver II'. He was, however, not related to the artist William Oliver (1804–1853).