John Jewell Penstone
John Jewell Penstone | |
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| Born | 1817 |
| Died | 1902 (aged 84–85) |
| Occupation | Painter |
John Jewell Penstone (1817–1902) was a portrait and genre artist who worked with paint, but is known mainly for his engravings, and has been associated with the Pre-Raphaelite movement. The National Portrait Gallery in London holds two of his stipple engravings, along with a lithograph (printed by Nosworthy & Wells) his family who now lives in Birmingham, England holds the original painting of their great grandfather, an officer in the British Army. Ash Penstone is now the only remaining person who carries the original Penstone name.