with William Behnes; Royal Academy (RA) Schools (1835)
1837 – exhibits The Wounded Heron (Watts Gallery, Compton) at the RA
1843 – wins £300 prize in the Westminster Hall Competition allowing Watts to travel to Florence; remains in Florence under patronage of Lady Holland
1864 – marries actress Ellen Terry; the couple separate the following year
1867 – elected member of RA
1870-80s – works on uncompleted allegorical cycle called “House of Life”
1897 – gives eighteen paintings to the Tate
Florence (1843-47; 1853)
Alexander Constantine Ionides; Lady Mary Augusta Holland
Self-Portrait, 1864 (Tate, London)
The Minotaur, 1885 (Tate, London)
Hope, 1886 (Tate, London)
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