Waterhouse: A last name of note

I stumbled onto a website with a painting by Waterhouse called Hylas and the Nymphs



I loved the painting instantly and tried to find out who was the master mind other than the general name of Waterhouse, so I did what any student does! I did a wikipedia search!



This Waterhouse goes by John William Waterhouse, and lived between 1849-1917 in England, and his most recognizable painting is The Lady of Shalott.


John William Waterhouse is known for his depictions of female characters from mythology and literature (and I really LOVE his stuff!)

The second Waterhouse I looked up is Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse (1857-1944) who is classified as being a British artist but is more known for being ther preiviously mentioned artist's wife. They married in 1883, and had two children (both of which died in childbirth).

Below is a portrait of Esther done by her husband.
(If you know her artwork I would love to see it and add it to this post!)

The next notable Waterhouse was the first woman to be executed in England for witchcraft, Agnes Waterhouse.

Agnes lived from 1505-1566, and her death date was due to hanging and a daughter(Joan) who testified her mother was in fact a witch who cast spells to cause illness, all so that Joan herself wouldn't be hung alongside her mother.




Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905) is considered to be the most financially successful architect of his time. He is associated with the Victorian Gothic revival and is best known for building the Natural History Museum in London.





(Charles Owen Waterhouse was an assistant curator at the Natural History Museum.)

My next finding is Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins(1807-1894), who worked as a natural history artist (so many in that field!) He is most known for creating lifesize sculptures of dinosaur bones.

While most of his work was in Enlgand, he also worked in a museum in New York's Central Park and made more of his dinosaur sculptures there.

And a little tid bit is that he married twice (since he met his second wife and ran off with her), but his second marriage was illegitimate and once the second wife found out he was still maried to the first, she broke it off (in all this he was moving between England and America).There are so many more I could mention, and even a few locations with the name of Waterhouse, and the Waterhouse's Leaf nosed Bat but I am sure you can find it on your own too =P