Lot 849: Edward R. Taylor R.B.S.A. (1838-1912), "The

Edward R. Taylor R.B.S.A. (1838-1912), "The Village Well", signed and dated 1879, oil on canvas, 50 x 59.5cm.; 19.75 x 23.5in. * Born at Hanley; son of a manufacturer of earthenware, with whom he worked as a youth, but afterwards entered the Burslem School of Art for training as an art teacher. Studied also at the Royal College of Art. Exhibited from 1861, at the Royal Academy from 1865, British Institution; Society of British Artists - Suffolk Street; New Watercolour Society; Grosvenor Gallery; New Gallery and elsewhere. This painting may have been exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1879.