A selection of postcards printed and published by J Salmon Ltd, Sevenoaks showing original watercolours of London scenes by A R Quinton (1853-1934).
Alfred Robert Quinton was an English watercolour artist, known for his paintings of British villages and landscapes, many of which were published as postcards.
Quinton was born in Peckham, London, on 28 October 1853, the youngest of seven children of Elizabeth née Cullum (1818-1886) and John Allen Quinton (1817-1906), a printer, author and journalist. On leaving school Quinton studied painting at the Heatherley School of Fine Art following which he worked as a steel engraver, but deciding on a career in art he began to work in oils in about 1874 and after in watercolour, working from a studio in Fleet Street in London and after at Lincoln's Inn.
He married Elizabeth Annie Crompton (1858-1946) at Bolton in Lancashire in May 1885 and with her had two sons: Leonard Quinton (1886-1981) and Edgar Allan Quinton (1891-1912). He died in Finchley, London, on 10 December 1934.
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