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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 oil. 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 painted landscape showing a lane in the foreground running horizontal with a picket fence. Beyond this is a field with a line of trees in the far distance. There is a horse and cart in the field. | 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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