UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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Henry B. Wimbush, 1861-1910

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 1861
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: 1910
Place of Death:

Identity:

John L. Wimbush was a figurative and landscape painter and illustrator. He worked in London from 1890-1902 and then in Dartmouth.

Life:

He contributed to The Strand Magazine from 1891, The World Wide Magazine [1898]; The Idler and The Boy's Own Magazine.

He is referred to in JW's correspondence about 1897.

Bibliography:

UK census 1901; Wood, Christopher, The Dictionary of Victorian Artists, 2nd ed., revised, Woodbridge, 1978.