John Henry Frederick Bacon

Born in Kennington on 4 November 1865,General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empiree, Burke's Peerage Limited, 1914, p. 2151 Bacon was the second son of the lithographer John Cardanall Bacon, and showed artistic talent from a young age. He trained at the Westminster School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools in London. In his teens he acquired a reputation as an outstanding black-and-white illustrator, and at the age of 18 set off on a professional tour of India and Burma.

On his return to England, in 1889, Bacon exhibited The Village Green and Nevermore at the Royal Academy and was a regular exhibitor from then on. He was a successful painter of religious works, such as Peace be unto you (1897), Gethsemane (1899);See [https://archive.org/stream/gospelsinartlife00sparuoft#page/232/mode/1up Jesus Christ at Gethsemene] (from W. S. Sparrow's The Gospels in art, 1904, p. 232). historical scenes, such as Homage giving, Westminster Abbey[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw08484/The-Homage-Giving-Westminster-Abbey-9th-August-1902?LinkID=mp06637&role=art&rNo=0 "The Homage-Giving: Westminster Abbey, 9th August, 1902"] – National Portrait Gallery. (for the coronation of Edward VII), The Coronation ceremony of George V (1911),[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw17142/The-Coronation-Ceremony-of-His-Most-Gracious-Majesty-King-George-V-in-Westminster-Abbey-22nd-June-1911?LinkID=mp06637&role=art&rNo=2 Coronation of George V]. The City of London Imperial Volunteers Return to London from South Africa on Monday 29th October 1900, as well as portraiture and genre scenes – such as A Wedding Morning, (1892) A Confession of Love (1894) and Rivals (1904). He was an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA) and was awarded the MVO (Member of the Royal Victorian Order) for distinguished service to the King. Bacon illustrated books as well as magazines and periodicals.

Bacon married in 1894 and took up residence at "Pillar House" in Harwell, Berkshire (now in Oxfordshire). He had 7 children. He died of acute bronchitis on 24 January 1914, aged 48.[http://www.harwellparish.co.uk/village4a1000years/book/six/pillar-house/john-bacon.html J H F Bacon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906075612/http://www.harwellparish.co.uk/village4a1000years/book/six/pillar-house/john-bacon.html |date=6 September 2014 }} (Harwell Village Website).

File:The Relief of Ladysmith by John Henry Frederick Bacon.jpg|Relief of Ladysmith depicting Sir George Stuart White greeting Major Hubert Gough on 28 February 1900

File:John Henry Frederick Bacon - The wedding morning.jpg|The Wedding Morning (Lady Lever Art Gallery{{cite web |url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/theweddingmorning.asp |title=Liverpool museums - 'The Wedding Morning', John Henry Frederick Bacon |website=www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115035054/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ladylever/collections/theweddingmorning.asp |archive-date=15 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}

• [http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=685&searchid=10379&tabview=work Portrait of Michael Lewis Myers, 1906] (Tate Britain)

• Harden, Beatrice. Things Will Take a Turn (1894)
• Clarke, H. The Ravensworth Scholarship (1895)
• Craik, Mrs. John Halifax, Gentleman (1899)
• Dickens, Charles. Dombey and Son and Little Dorrit. (1902)
• Everett-Green, Evelyn. Priscilla (1900)
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter and the House of the Seven Gables (1904)
• Fitcher, W. H. The King's Empire (1906)
• Hughes, Thomas. Tom Brown's School Days (1906)
• Ebbutt, Maud Isabel. [https://archive.org/stream/heromythslegends00ebbu#page/n11/mode/2up Hero-myths & Legends of the British Race] (New York: T.Y. Crowell & Company, 1910).
• Squire, Charles. [https://archive.org/stream/celticmythandleg00squiuoft#page/n9/mode/2up Celtic Myth and Legend, Poetry & Romance] (London: Gresham).
• Dickens, Charles. Little Dorrit (Gresham, 1912)
• Everett-Green, Evelyn. Esther's Charge (1912)
• Nesbit, E. and Doris Ashley. Children's Stories from English History (1914)

Black and White, Cassell's Family Magazine, The Girl's Own Paper, The Ludgate Monthly, The Quiver, The Windsor Magazine.

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• [http://www.artnet.com/artist/658607/john-henry-frederick-bacon.html John Henry Frederick Bacon on artnet]
• [http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/artist/8550/John_Henry_Frederick_Bacon Works by J. H. F. Bacon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310172654/http://www.bridgemanartondemand.com/artist/8550/John_Henry_Frederick_Bacon |date=10 March 2012 }} (Bridgeman Art Library)
• [https://artuk.org/discover/artists/bacon-john-henry-frederick-18681914 Bacon, John Henry Frederick, 1868–1914] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706195335/https://artuk.org/discover/artists/bacon-john-henry-frederick-18681914 |date=6 July 2019 }} (Art UK)
• [http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw161486/John-Henry-Frederick-Bacon?search=ss&firstRun=true&sText=Bacon&LinkID=mp06637&role=sit&rNo=0 Photo of J H F Bacon] (National Portrait Gallery)
• [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/paint/bacon.htm J H F Bacon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071052/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/speel/paint/bacon.htm |date=4 March 2016 }} (short biography)
• [http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Academicians&person=6012 Profile on Royal Academy of Arts Collections]
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