1846, 1857, and 1861; L. of Honour, 1861. Works: Adam and Eve (1836); Virgin with Angels (1837); St. Francis receiving the Stigmata (1838); St. Martin dividing his Cloak, Christ at the Column (1830); Joan of Arc (1858), Orléans Museum; Paintings at St. Séverin, St. Eustache, St. Sulpice, St. Roch, and Jesuits, Paris; Portraits of Isambert, D. Miguel, and Bresson.—Bellier, ii. 265; Larousse.
PICK-A-BACK, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Lord
Monson, England. Portrait of Mrs. Payne-Gallwey,
with her little daughter on her
shoulder, enjoying a frolic together. The
lady was Philadelphia, daughter of General
De Lancey and wife of Stephen Payne, who
took name of Gallwey—of Tofts Hall, Norfolk.
The little girl, their only child, was
Charlotte, who married, in 1797, John Moseley,
Esq., of Glenham House, Suffolk.
Painted about 1779. Engraved by J. R.
Smith; Zobel (1874).—Athenæum, Dec.,
1874, 758; Stephens, English Children by
Sir Joshua Reynolds.
PICKERING, Miss EVELYN; contemporary.
Figure and portrait painter. Exhibits
chiefly in Grosvenor Gallery. Works:
Ariadne in Naxos (1877); Venus and Cupid
(1878); Night and Sleep (1879); Mater Dolorosa,
Medea (1880); The Gray Sisters,
Angel of Death (1881); Christian Martyr,
Phosphorus and Hesperus (1882); By the
Rivers of Babylon (1883); Mater Dolorosa,
Subject from Tibullus (1884); A Dryad
(1885); The Dawn (1886).
PICKERSGILL, FREDERICK RICHARD,
born in London in 1820. History
painter; nephew of H. W. Pickersgill; pupil
of his mother's brother, W. F. Witherington,
and student in 1840 of Royal Academy,
where he exhibited in 1841, Combat
between Hercules and Achelous, and Amoret
delivered by Britomart. Won in 1843 a
prize of £100 for cartoon of Death of King
Lear, exhibited at Westminster Hall, and in
1847 one of £500 for painting of Burial of
Harold, bought for Houses of Parliament.
Elected an A.R.A. in 1847, and R.A. in 1857;
keeper and trustee of Royal Academy since
1874. Works: Britomart unveiling Amoret
(1848); Circe (1849); Rape of Prosperine
(1850); Pan and Syrinx (1852); Death of
Francesco Foscari (1854); Britomart Unarming
(1855); Duke Orsino and Viola (1857);
The Bribe (1858); Delilah asking Forgiveness
of Samson (1859); Frederick banishing
Rosalind (1861); Crusader's Return (1862);
Ferdinand and Miranda (1863); Unfriended
(1865); Columbus at Lisbon (1868); Old
Letters (1875).—Sandby, ii. 304.
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PICKERSGILL, HENRY WILLIAM,
born in London, Dec.
3, 1782, died April 21,
1875. Portrait and
history painter, pupil
of George Arnold, and
student of Royal Academy
in 1805. Elected
an A.R.A. in 1822, and
R.A. in 1826; librarian
in 1856. Began by
painting historical and
mythological subjects, but finally devoted
himself almost exclusively to portraiture, in
which he was very successful. His portrait
of Robert Vernon (1846) is in the National
Gallery; portraits of Wordsworth, Godwin,
Bentham, M. G. Lewis, Hannah More, Stephenson,
Talfourd, National Portrait Gallery.
Many works in the College Halls at
Oxford. Among other ideal works are:
Falconer of the Olden Time (1861); Rivals
(1862); First Lesson (1871); Streamlet (1872).
His son, Henry Hall (died 1861), was a portrait
and history painter.—Sandby, ii. 47;
Art Journal (1875), 231.
PICKNELL, WILLIAM L., born in Boston,
Mass., in 1853. Landscape painter,
pupil in Rome of George Inness, and in
Paris of Gérôme; painted in Brittany for
several years under Robert Wylie. Honourable
mention, Paris Salon, 1880. Returned
to America in 1882. Studio in
Boston. Works: On the Lande—Brittany
(1875); Breton Peasant Girl feeding Ducks
(1877); Fields of Kerren (1878); Road to
