Henry Tanworth Wells 1828 - 1903

occupation:
Artist,
Painter of miniatures,
Portrait painter
Nationality:
English; British
born in:
London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

1843 - apprenticed as a lithographic draughtsman to Messrs Dickinson. 1846-1860 - exhibited over seventy miniatures at the Royal Academy. 1861 - abandoned miniature painting in favour of full-scale oil portraiture. 1870 - elected a member of the Royal Academy.