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WILLIAM HENRY KNIGHT (1823-1863)
Children Playing Cricket
signed with initials and dated 'W.H.K. 58' (lower right)
oil on panel
3½ x 6¼ in. (8.9 x 15.8 cm.)
Children Playing Cricket
signed with initials and dated 'W.H.K. 58' (lower right)
oil on panel
3½ x 6¼ in. (8.9 x 15.8 cm.)
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William Henry Knight arrived in London in 1845 to study as a painter at the Royal Academy Art Schools. He initially worked as a portrait painter before establishing a reputation as an artist of both humorous and "pathetic" genre scenes, usually of children. He painted mostly on a small scale, the present picture being a good example of his style. Knight exhibited at the Royal Academy (1846-62), at the British Institute and at the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street, London.