Daniel Maclise , R.A.

Daniel Maclise , R.A. (1806-1870)

A seated girl reading in a doorway

Pencil

13.5 x 8 cm.; 5 ¼ x 3 1/8 inches

Provenance

Covent Garden Gallery Ltd.

Daniel Maclise was born in Cork to a family of Scottish descent. After a brief period working in a bank, Maclise’s passion for drawing led him to pursue a career in art which he studied at the Cork Society of Arts.

He moved to London in 1826 to attend the Royal Academy where he excelled as a student, particularly in life drawing and history painting. He began exhibiting in the RA in 1829, was made an associate in 1830, and an academician in 1840.