Thomas Morten (1836–1866) was an English painter and book illustrator.

Life

Thomas Morten was born on 27 March 1836 at Uxbridge, Middlesex. He came to London and studied at the painting school kept by J. Mathews Leigh in Newman Street. Morten was chiefly employed as an illustrator of books and serials, mostly of a humorous nature. The most successful were his illustrations to an edition of Swift's ''

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'', published in 1864, which ran into several editions. Morten also practised as a painter of domestic subjects, and was an occasional exhibitor at the

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, sending in 1866 ''Pleading for the Prisoner''. His affairs, however, became embarrassed, and he committed suicide on 23 September 1866.Cust 1894, pp. 117–118.

Gallery

File:Swift and the Mohawks (NGV).png, ''Swift and the Mohawks'' (1861) File:Father of the Regiment (NGV).png, ''The Father of the Regiment'' (1861) File:Lilliputians Examining the Man‐Mountain’s Possessions.jpg, ''Lilliputians Examining the Man‐Mountain's Possessions'' (1874)

References

Sources

* * Cooke, Simon (21 March 2013)
"Thomas Morten (1836-66)"
'' Victorian Web''. Retrieved 21 September 2022. * * Graves, Algernon (1884).
A Dictionary of Artists Who Have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions of Oil Paintings From 1760 to 1880
'. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 165. * Redgrave, Samuel (1874)
"Morten, Thomas"
''A Dictionary of Artists of the English School''. London: Longmans, Green, and Co. p. 284.
"Morten, Thomas"
'' Benezit Dictionary of Artists.'' Oxford Art Online. 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

External links

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'' Online Books Page''. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
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'' British Museum''. Retrieved 21 September 2022. {{DEFAULTSORT:Morten, Thomas 1836 births 1866 deaths 19th-century English painters English illustrators Suicides in England 1860s suicides