Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints A Venetian Gaming-House in the Sixteenth Century Painting ID:: 73037 new24/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-569689.jpg
A Venetian Gaming-House in the Sixteenth Century "A Venetian Gaming-House in the Sixteenth Century," oil on canvas, by the British painter Valentine Cameron (Val) Prinsep. 122 cm x 184.2 cm (48.03 in. x 72.52 in.) Private collection. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum.
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints Il Barbagianni Painting ID:: 73046 new24/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-573533.jpg
Il Barbagianni "Il Barbagianni (The Owl)," oil on canvas, by the British painter Valentine Cameron Prinsep. 77.5 cm x 54 cm. First exhibited in 1863. Image courtesy of preraphaelitepaintings.blogspot.com.
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints The First Awakening of Eve Painting ID:: 73048 new24/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-676384.jpg
The First Awakening of Eve "The First Awakening of Eve," oil on canvas, by the British painter Valentine Cameron Prinsep. 44 7/8 in. x 53¼ in. (114.1 cm x 135.3 cm) Courtesy of Christie's.
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints Portrait of a boy Painting ID:: 73049 new24/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-998495.jpg
Portrait of a boy "Portrait of a boy, quarter-length, in a brown waistcoat and white lace collar," oil on canvas, by the British artist Valentine Cameron Prinsep. 18 in. x 14 in. (45.7cm. x 35.6 cm.) Courtesy of Christie's.
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints La Festa di Lido Painting ID:: 73102 new24/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-997367.jpg
La Festa di Lido : "La Festa di Lido," oil on canvas, by the British painter Valentine Cameron Prinsep. 59¼ in. x 73½ in. (150.5 cm. x 186.8 cm.) Courtesy of Christie's.
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Sweet Repose "Sweet Repose," oil on canvas, by the British painter Valentine Cameron Prinsep. 25 in. x 30 in. (63.5 cm. x 76.2 cm.) Courtesy of Christie's.
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints Study of a Girl Reading Painting ID:: 73979 new24/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-984684.jpg
Study of a Girl Reading oil on panel, by the British artist Valentine Cameron Prinsep. 34¾ in. x 18½ in. (88.3 cm. x 46.9 cm.)
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints Reclining Woman with a Parrot Painting ID:: 90358 new25/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-938536.jpg
Reclining Woman with a Parrot oil on canvas
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints Home from Gleaning Painting ID:: 90360 new25/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-458443.jpg
Home from Gleaning oil on canvas
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints Leonora di Mantua Painting ID:: 90749 new25/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-853965.jpg
Leonora di Mantua 1873(1873)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 167.7 x 124 cm (66 x 48.8 in)
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Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints The Death of Cleopatra Painting ID:: 90895 new25/Valentine Cameron Prinsep Prints-336796.jpg
Indian-born British Pre-Raphaelite Painter, 1838-1904
Henry Prinsep was an intimate friend of G. F. Watts, under whom his son first studied. Val Prinsep also worked in Paris in the atelier Gleyre; and 'Taffy' in his friend George du Maurier's novel Trilby, is said to have been sketched from him. He was an intimate friend of John Everett Millais and of Burne-Jones, with whom he travelled in Italy. He had a share with Rossetti and others in the decoration of the hall of the Oxford Union.
Prinsep first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1862 with his Bianca Capella, his first picture, which attracted marked notice, being a portrait (1866) of General Gordon in Chinese costume. Princep lent the costume to Millais who used it in his own painting Esther.
The best of his later exhibits were A Versailles, The Emperor Theophilus chooses his Wife, The Broken Idol and The Goose Girl. He was elected A.R.A. in 1879 and R.A. in 1894. In 1877 he went to India and painted a huge picture of the Delhi Durbar, exhibited in 1880, and afterwards hung at Buckingham Palace.