James Sant

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · 1820–1916

James Sant was one of the most eminent English painters of the Victorian era, specialising in portraiture and known particularly for images of aristocratic women and children, with a strong allegorical approach to childhood symbolism. He was an elected member of the Royal Academy and appointed Principal Court Painter in Ordinary to Queen Victoria and the Royal Family. == Biography == Sant was born in Croydon, Surrey, England, on 23 April 1820. He was taught first by the watercolourist John Varley, then by Sir A. Callcott RA, then from the age of twenty was taught by the Royal Academy Schools.

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