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Description: | Henry Challis was born in West Bromwich in 1867. He lived for most of his life in the Bearwood and Smethwick area. He was an amateur painter in both watercolour and oild. He left school when he was 12. He started his career as a bookmaker and repairer and later became a general book dealer. He died in 1962 aged 94.
A watercolour on paper showing a wide stretch of road with a white picket fence and a horse being led along it. On the far side of the road is a large house with several outbuildings. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | SMBC | Subjects: | Watercolour painting Black Country Fine arts Landscape Works on paper | Temporal: | 1890 - 1950
20th Century | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Challis; Henry (1867 - 1962) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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