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(b London, 8 Feb. 1819; d Brantwood, nr. Coniston, Cumberland [now Cumbria], 20 Jan. 1900). English writer, artist, social reformer, and philanthropist. He was the most important English art critic of the 19th century, with a remarkable hold over public opinion, and also a talented and prolific draughtsman and watercolourist, mainly of landscape and architectural subjects.
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Text Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford University Press)