Francis Oliver Finch
1802–1862 (age 60)
Biography
Francis Oliver Finch developed a reputation for delicate still lifes and lyrical landscapes, exhibiting at the Royal Academy and the Royal Watercolour Society and favouring gentle tonalities that captured the quiet moods of nature.
He was admired for patient observation and for bringing a calm sensitivity to his subjects, leaving a body of work that continues to comfort admirers and a resting place at Highgate Cemetery.