WILLIAMS, George Augustus

1814 - 1901

George Augustus Williams was born at Marylebone, London on 4 May 1814, third son of artist Edward Williams and his wife Ann Hildebrandt (c.1780-1851), who married at St Pancras, London on 12 February 1806, and was a member of the Williams family of painters. His father was a landscape artist who taught George, otherwise he received no formal art instruction. George painted riverscapes of the Thames, moonlit landscapes, seascapes and views of Kent, Wales and elsewhere and his paintings were exhibited at Suffolk Street as well as at the Royal Academy from 1841; the British Institution and elsewhere including at the Suffolk Fine Arts Association at Ipswich in 1850, two works 'A Gray Day on the Thames' and 'Medmenham Ferry'. George married at St Pancras Church, London on 19 February 1835, Caroline Smith (1814-1854), and they had five children. George Augustus Williams died at 177 Castelnau [Road], Barnes, Surrey on 26 May 1901, leaving his effects to his unmarried daughter Caroline Fanny.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from London Street, William Street, Maiden Lane, Battle-bridge
1841 445 View near Byfleet, Surrey
         809 View near Uxbridge
from 4 London Street, Pentonville
1843 892 Bargaining with the Waggoner - drawing
         1287 New Poorhouse, Galway - architectural
from 20 Liverpool Street, Grays Inn Road
1844 184 Market Morning
         339 The Village Rivals
         1085 The Wandering Minstrel
1845 1190 On the Towing Path, near Henley-on-Thames
         1231 A Recruiting Party
from 20 Castelnau Villas, Barnes
1846 135 The Errand Cart, a view near Headcorn, Kent
         335 The Village Forge, view in Kent
         345 The Woodman, view in Brenchley, Kent
         469 Summer Evening, view in Bexley, Kent
1847 129 Returning from Evening Prayers
         326 A Lock on the Thames, near Medmenham
         362 Passing Shower, view on the Thames
         749 The Young Shepherd, a view in Kent
         1251 Milking Times, view near Llanrwst, North Wales
         1268 View in Kent, midday
1848
1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, 1864, 1867, 1868, 1869, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1877, 1885

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Works by This Artist