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William Weekes, British 1856-1909 No. 1 Street Acrobats, 1874 Oil on Canvas measuring H 50 x W 74.25 x D 1 inches Signed Bottom Right William Weekes 1874 and Back No. 1 Street Acrobats William Weekes 27 Belgrave Rd. Abbey Rd. N.W. Framed in a Gilt Gold Frame measuring H 58 x W 82.5 x D 3 inches Condition: Good, Cracks with age Genre and animal painter; born in Pimlico, London, son of the sculptor, Henry Weekes RA 1807-1877 and brother of Henry Weekes jnr fl1850-1854 also a genre painter, and the artist Frederick Weekes 1833-1920; exhibited from 1865 at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters and other London galleries and in several provincial galleries including the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; contributed illustrations to the Illustrated London News, 1883. An example of his work is held by the Hepworth, Wakefield.