Henry Towneley Green R.I. (1836–1899) was a British

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ist and illustrator who exhibited from 1855 at the

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and the New Society of Painters in Watercolours. He became a member of the New Watercolour Society in 1879. He was the brother of Charles Green R.I. (1840–1898), a leading illustrator for ''

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''. The two brothers produced illustrations for '' Once a Week'', and the '' Cornhill Magazine'', edited by Thackeray, and regular contributed to by Millais and Leighton. Some of Green's work is held at the

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