Alfred Robert Quinton

Alfred Robert Quinton (28 October 1853 – 10 December 1934) was an English watercolour artist, known for his paintings of English and Welsh towns, villages, and landscapes, many of which were published as postcards.

Early life Quinton was born in 1853 in Peckham, which was then a hamlet in Camberwell, Surrey, the youngest of seven children of Elizabeth née Cullum (1818-1886) and John Allen Quinton (1817-1906), a printer, author and journalist. In the summer of 1869, he was attending C. P. Newcombe's Alexandra Park College, Hornsey. On leaving school, he studied painting at the Heatherley School of Fine Art.

Personal life Quinton married Elizabeth Annie Crompton (1858–1946) at Bolton, Lancashire, in May 1885 and with her had two sons: Leonard Quinton (1886-1981) and Edgar Allan Quinton (1891-1912).

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Illustrated books

Belloc, Hilaire. The Historic Thames (J. M. Dent & Co. 1907). Bradley, A. G. The Avon and Shakespeare's Country (E. P. Dutton & Co. 1910). Ditchfield, P. H. The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England (J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1912). Rhys, Ernest. The Old Country: A book of love & praise of England (J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1922).