Lance

Lance, GEORGE, painter of fruit and still-life, was born at Little Easton, near Dunmow, in Essex, on 24th March 1802. He studied under Haydon, but discovered that his strength lay in painting fruit, game, and similar subjects. Specimens from his brush in this line were exhibited year after year at the Royal Academy and British Institution. His admission that he had 'restored' parts of Velazquez' 'Boar Hunt' caused a stir of controversy in 1853. Lance died at Sunnyside, near Birkenhead, on 18th June 1864.