William Holbrook Beard

William Holbrook Beard (April 13, 1825 – February 20, 1900) was an American painter.

Life

Beard was born in Painesville, Ohio. He studied abroad, and in 1861 moved to New York City, where, in 1862, he became a member of the National Academy of Design. Beard was a prolific artist. His humorous treatment of bears, cats, dogs, horses and monkeys, generally with some human occupation and expression, usually satirical, gave him a great vogue at one time, and his pictures were largely reproduced.^[1]

His brother, James Henry Beard (1814–1893), was also a painter.^[1]

William is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

See also

• List of Dickensian characters

References

External links

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Beard, William Holbrook". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 
• William Beard Biography (interesting biography and art by William Beard)

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.