CodeDS/UK/4730
Dates1803-1881
Person NameKnight; John Prescott (1803-1881)
SurnameKnight
ForenamesJohn Prescott
ActivityPortrait and genre painter. Best known paintings include 'Waterloo Banquet', 'Smugglers Alarmed' and the portrait of Sir Charles Barry. Became a Royal Academician in 1844 and Secretary of the Royal Academy 1848 to 1873.
RelationshipsFather was actor Edward Knight. Mother Sarah Clews,daughter of local wine merchant.
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