Lee, FREDERIC RICHARD

Lee, FREDERIC RICHARD, an English landscape-painter, was born at Barnstaple, Devonshire, in June 1798, and chose the army for his profession. But being obliged by ill-health to quit it, he turned his attention to painting (1818) and was a constant exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1824 till 1870. He was elected an A.R.A. in 1834 and R.A. in 1838, retiring in 1871. Lee was one of the most thoroughly national painters of his day, the river scenery, parks, leafy lanes, and picturesque villages of his native country forming the favourite subjects of his pencil. He died in Cape Colony, 4th June 1879.