The late Mr. G. W. Thornbury, 1876. Creator: Unknown

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The late Mr. G. W. Thornbury, 1876. Creator: Unknown

The late Mr. G. W. Thornbury, 1876. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Charles Watkins of Parliament-street. George Walter Thornbury, a well-known and popular author, whose death we announced last week, was born in 1828, the son of Mr. Thornbury, a solicitor. His numerous contributions to the literature of the day were highly appreciated; the best remembered are: "Monarchs of the Main, " "Shakspeare's England during the Reign of Elizabeth, " "Songs of Cavaliers and Roundheads, " "True as Steel, " "British Artists from Hogarth to Turner, " "Ice Bound, " "Wildfire, " "Haunted London, " "Old Stories Retold, " and "Tales for the Marines." He was formerly art critic to the Athenaeum, and, for some time, a constant writer in All the Year Round'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

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