FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD English painter, was born at Wandsworth, near London, in Sept. 181o. In 1839 he obtained the gold medal of the Royal Academy for his picture of "Prometheus bound by Force and Strength." His "Nymph disarming Cupid" was exhibited in 1847 ; "Una and the Wood-Nymphs" of the same year was bought by the queen. This was the time of Frost's highest popularity, which considerably declined after 1850. He died on June 4,