Henry Gales

Henry Gales (1834–1897)[1][2] was an English painter, most well known for his portrait of the 1867 Derby Cabinet.

Henry Gales
Gales' 1868 watercolor painting "The Derby Cabinet of 1867"
The Derby Cabinet of 1867
Born1834
Acle, Norfolk, England
Died1897
NationalityEnglish
EducationNorwich School of Design
Known forPainting
Notable workThe Derby Cabinet of 1867
MovementNorwich School

Biography

Gales was born in Acle, Norfolk, England to Daniel Gales and Mary Church (Daniel's first wife). After studying in the 1850s at the Norwich School of Design, he moved to London in the 1860s.

In 1868, Gales painted The Derby Cabinet of 1867, an oil painting on canvas depicting Prime Minister Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, and his cabinet: Benjamin Disraeli, Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford; Henry Thomas Lowry-Corry; Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook; Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby; John Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton; Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh; James Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury; John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough; Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo; Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond; John Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland; and Spencer Horatio Walpole. The portrait is said to have been painted to a design by John Gilbert. It depicts the cabinet in consultation upon the question of the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia. The Derby Cabinet of 1867 is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London.[3]

Gales married Sarah Richmond of Tasmania in The Stand, London, in 1869. They had one child, Lilian, born in 1871 in Westminster, London.[4] Lilian died at the age of three in Kensington, London.[5] Gales and his wife divorced in 1896.

Gales returned to Norfolk, exhibiting with the Norwich Art Circle during 1888 and 1889. His name also appears in Kelly's Directory, which describes him as "private resident, artist of Acle Norfolk."

In 1897, Henry Gales died in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

Works
Title Year Notes
View of Tintern Abbey 1863 Watercolor over pencil, heightened with bodycolor. Sold at auction by Sotheby's on 19 January 2005.[6]
View of Bolton Abbey 1863 Sold at auction by Sotheby's on 19 January 2005.[6]
The Derby Cabinet of 1867 1868 Watercolour. Part of the Primary Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London (NPG 4893).[3]
Chepstowe Castle 1875
Tintern Abbey 1875
Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria 1878 Held by the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne.[7]
The First Mayor, Aldermen and Clerk of the Borough of Eastbourne 1883–84 Held by the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne.[7]
G.A. Wallis, 1st Mayor of Eastbourne 1886 Full-length portrait. On display at the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne.[7][8]
Alderman James Arthur Skinner, Mayor of Eastbourne 1895–97 Held by the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne.[7]
A reproduction of Font in Upton Church as it appeared in A History of Upton, Norfolk
Font in Upton Church

• Piscina and Remains of Consecration Cross, Lady Chapel, Upton Church
• Panel of Roodscreen, representing S. Ambrose, Upton Church
• Interior of Upton Church		 unknown Published in A History of Upton, Norfolk (1891).[9]

References
  1. "England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915". Ancestry. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "1871 England Census". Ancestry. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. "The Derby Cabinet of 1867". Collections. London: National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  4. "1871 England Census". Ancestry. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. "England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915". Ancestry. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  6. "Henry Gales – Past Auction Results". artnet. New York: artnet Worldwide. 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  7. Wright, Christopher; Gordon, Catherine May; Smith, Mary Peskett (2006). British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: an index of British and Irish oil paintings by artists born before 1870 in public and institutional collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-300-11730-1. OCLC 185257020. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  8. Speel, Bob. "The Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne". Victorian Art in England. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  9. Hill, Percival Oakley; Rye, Walter (1891). A History of Upton, Norfolk. Norwich, England: Agas H. Goose.
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