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George Cattermole

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CATTERMOLE, GEORGE (180o-1868), English painter, chiefly in water-colours, was born at Dickleburgh, near Diss, Norfolk, in August 1800. At the age of 16 he began working as an architectural and topographical draughtsman. Cattermole was a painter of no inconsiderable gifts, of great facility in picturesque resource, and also a book illustrator. At the Paris exhibition of 1855 he received one of the five first-class gold medals awarded to British painters. He also enjoyed professional honours in Amster dam and in Belgium. He died on July 24, 1868. Among his leading works are "The Murder of the Bishop of Liege" (15th century), "The Armourer relating the Story of the Sword," "The Assassina tion of the Regent Murray by Hamilton of Bothwellhaugh," and (in oil) "A Terrible Secret."

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