Nettleship, John T. (John Trivett), 1841-1902

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John Trivett Nettleship was born in Kettering, Northants. on February 11th 1841. He gave up a career in the law to become an art student, studying at Heatherley's art school and at the Slade. During the 1870s he was part of the group of artists called 'The Brotherhood', of which the other members were John Butler Yeats, George Wilson and Edwin John Ellis. Nettleship was best known for his paintings of animals, displayed at exhibitions in London and elsewhere. He also contributed illustrations to several books, and published essays on the poems of Robert Browning. He died in London on August 31st 1902.

From the guide to the Drawings by John Trivett Nettleship, 1870s?, (Reading University: Special Collections Services)

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creatorOf Drawings by John Trivett Nettleship, 1870s? Reading University : Special Collections Services
referencedIn Papers of Charles Elkin Mathews, 1811-1938 Reading University : Special Collections Services
creatorOf Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917. Letter : London, to J. Nettleship, 1913 July 27. Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
referencedIn Drawings by John Trivett Nettleship, 1870s? Reading University : Special Collections Services
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
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