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ARTIST: Francis John Wyburd (United Kingdom, 1826 - 1893) TITLE: Girl with Kitten MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Minor paint losses. Some craquelure. Few scattered small inpaintings. Some damages to frame. ART SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: 32 x 27 inches / 81 x 68 cm SIGNATURE: lower right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 148593 US SHIPPING: $129 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in 1826, Francis John Wyburd had received a French education in the Northern town of Lille. He appears to have begun his artistic training under the guidance Thomas Fairland, the lithographer.Having been awarded a Silver Medal at the Society of Arts, Wyburd had entered the Royal Academy schools in 1848. However, his first exhibit at the Royal Academy was Medora which was hung two years earlier in 1846.Over the next ten years, Wyburd developed an elegant painterly style which was well adapted to the 'fancy pictures' in which he specialised. Indeed, the artist's detailed accounts of exotic interiors, and his refined representations of female beauties, earned him particular success among the artistic circles of his time. In 1858, Wyburd accompanied his fellow artist George Edwards Hering (1805-1879) on a journey to Northern Italy and the Tyrol. The numerous sketches made during this visit lead Wyburd to diversify his subject matter and introduce an underlying tone of religious sentimentality.Wyburd continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy until 1889; whilst also regularly contributing to exhibitions at the British Institution and The Society of British Artists until his death, in 1893.As his first entry at the Royal Academy exhibition, Wyburd chose the well-known and well-loved character of Medora, the faithfully resigned maiden of Lord Byron's poetic ballad The Corsair. By the time Wyburd had decided upon the subject for his new painting, around 1846, The Corsair was already one of the most celebrated pieces of Victorian literature.