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John Callcott Horsley was born on 29th January 1817 the third child and eldest son of William Horsley and his wife Elizabeth Hutchins (nee Callcott) Horlsey. The Horsleys were established members of the music and arts London society and related to the painter Sir Augustus Wall Callcott. In 1823 the Horsleys moved to No 1, High Row, Kensington in London where John Callcott Horsley was to live for the rest of his life. In 1831 John entered the Royal Academy Schools where he met the painter Thomas Webster with whom he was to form a close working relationship that lasted throughout his life. On 25th August 1846 John married Elvira Catherine Jenny Walter but her death in 1852 followed by the death of their two sons, Edward and William, in 1854 from scarlet fever and the death of their last child, Frank, in 1857 marked a period of great sadness in John's life. On 13th June 1854 John married Rosamund Haden and together they had seven children three of whom were born at Cranbrook. In 1861 the Horsleys bought a second home at Wilsley in Cranbrook, as John was drawn to the artist's colony that had been established there by his lifelong friend Thomas Webster.
Frederick Daniel Hardy, George Hardy, Thomas Webster, George Bernard O'Neill, John Callcott Horsley and Augustus Edwin Mulready were an informal group of six professional painters known as the Cranbrook Colony that thrived in Cranbrook in the latter half of the nineteenth century. They were a close association of colleagues and friends, and, in the case of the Hardy brothers and G.B. O'Neill, distant relatives. All six were "Genre" painters depicting scenes from daily life, either real or imaginary and, through their work, we have an accurate depiction of the people and homes in the Cranbrook area during the Victorian age. Often the Colony used their children, families and friends as models with the Hardys and Webster focused on rustic interiors and O'Neill and Horsley on picturesque historic architecture. The six painters, who occupied The Old Studio in the High Street, were prolific in their work and exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy and the British Institution.
John Callcott Horsley was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1855 and a Royal Academician in 1864. He also served as treasurer at the Royal Academy from 1882 to 1897.
At the age of 86 on 19th October 1903 John Callcott Horsley died at High Row, Kensington and he was buried three days later at Kensal Green cemetery in London
William Horsley | m: 12th Jan 1812 Kensington, London | Elizabeth Callcott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 18th Nov 1774 d: 1858 | b: 1793 d: 1875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mary Elizabeth | Frances Arabella | John Callcott | Sophia Hutchins | Catherine Ann | Henry William | Charles Edward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 1814 Kensington, London ch: 19th Jan 1814 | b: 1815 Kensington, London ch: 4th Aug 1815 | b: 29th Jan 1817 Brompton Row, Kensington, London ch: 27th Feb 1817 d: 19th Oct 1903 1 High Row, Kensington, London bur: 22nd Oct 1903 Kensal Green Cemetery, London | b: 1819 Kensington, London ch: 12th Mar 1819 | b: 1820 Kensington, London ch: 7th Apr 1820 | b: 1821 Kensington, London ch: 20th Feb 1822 | b: 16th Dec 1822 Kensington, London ch: 16th Dec 1822 d: 28th Feb 1876 New York, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st marriage | John Callcott Horsley Painter | m: 25th Aug 1846 St. John the Evangelist, Ladbroke Grove, Kensington, London | Elvira Walter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 29th Jan 1817 Brompton Row, Kensington, London ch: 27th Feb 1817 d: 19th Oct 1903 1 High Row, Kensington, London bur: 22nd Oct 1903 Kensal Green Cemetery, London | b: 1821 London d: Oct to Dec 1852 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edward William | Frank Callcott | Harry Maule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: Jan to Mar 1848 Kensington, London ch: 1st Jan 1848 d: Jan to Mar 1854 | b: Jul to Sep 1849 Sevenoaks, Kent ch: 25th Sep 1849 Kensington, London d: Jan to Mar 1857 | b: 1850 Kensington, London ch: 30th Dec 1850 d: Jan to Mar 1854 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd marriage | John Callcott Horsley Painter | m: 13th Jun 1854 Holy Trinity, Chelsea, London | Rosamund Haden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: 29th Jan 1817 Brompton Row, Kensington, London ch: 27th Feb 1817 d: 19th Oct 1903 1 High Row, Kensington, London bur: 22nd Oct 1903 Kensal Green Cemetery, London | b: 16th Nov 1820 Chelsea, London ch: 22nd Jan 1821 St. James, Westminster, London d: Jan to Mar 1912 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Charles | Hugh John | Victor Alexander Haden | Emma Mary | Fanny Marian | Gerald Callcott | Rosamund Brunel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
b: Jan to Mar 1855 Kensington, London | b: Apr to Jun 1856 Kensington, London | b: Apr to Jun 1857 Kensington, London d: 1916 | b: Jul to Sep 1858 Cranbrook, Kent ch: 12th Sep 1858 St Dunstan's Church | b: Oct to Dec 1859 Kensington, London | b: Oct to Dec 1862 Cranbrook, Kent | b: Jan to Mar 1864 Cranbrook, Kent ch: 11th Apr 1864 St Dunstan's Church | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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