Crowe

Crowe, SIR JOSEPH ARCHER, art-writer, born in London in 1825, studied and travelled widely on the Continent, where in 1847 he met Cavalcaselle; their joint works will be found in the article CAVALCASELLE. Crowe was a special correspondent in the Crimean war, the Indian mutiny, and the Franco-Austrian war; and in 1857-59 was director of the School of Art at Bombay. In 1860 he was appointed British consul-general at Leipzig, and afterwards at Düsseldorf; in 1882 he was named commercial attaché at Paris. Made a C.B. in 1885, he was raised to the dignity of K.C.M.G. in 1890. He contributed the article RAPHAEL to this work. He died 6th September 1896. See his Reminiscences (1895), mainly of his career as journalist.