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Born 18th January, 1838. When he was invited to be present at the Meeting of 1904 he was already a well known artist and regularly exhibited at Newcombe’s Gallery in Park Street. As he was then sixty-six years old and wore a beard, he soon became known as Daddy and “Greybeard”. In the early 1870`s he lived at Weston-Super-Mare where he founded the local School of Art. Prior to this he had been Art Master at Dame’s School where he taught another of our Foundation Members, George Lingford. In 1880 he moved to Bristol and went to live in West Park and immediately contacted some of the members of the defunct Bristol Society of Artists, and it can be assumed that Ernest Ehlers quickly earmarked him for the inaugural meeting. After this Meeting, he too, placed his house at the disposal of the Tribe for any future meetings. He also allowed George Lingford, who was not being too successful, free access to his studio whenever he was in Bristol. His attendance at the Wigwam was of a short duration for, in 1908, when he was seventy, he moved to Bitton, which, in those days was well out in the country. He therefore felt compelled to resign and only made occasional visits to the Wigwam as a more than welcome guest. As an artist and a teacher, he probably was somewhat of a perfectionist, for he too has left us no Evening Sketches, but he did present us with one picture which he always considered the best he ever did. This has recently come to light and is now one of our proud possessions. This is a watercolour landscape showing Kelston Hill from his studio at Bitton. He apparently favoured landscape paintings and it is said that he disliked having to part with any when he had finished them. He died on October 10th, 1915, aged seventy-seven and is buried at St. Anne’s Church, Oldland. (Cecil Broome)
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