Frank Beresford
Frank Ernest Beresford (30 August 1881 – 25 May 1967) was a British painter from Derby, England. He is best known for his painting, ''The Princes' Vigil''. Biography Beresford was born in Derby in 1881 and had a long artistic education. He first studied at the Derby School of Art, then St John's Wood Art School, and finally at the Royal Academy Schools. His talent was rewarded with a travel scholarship that took him to Asia. From 1906 he returned to exhibit at the Royal Academy. In 1936, Beresford made the only painting of the Princes' keeping vigil with their father's body overnight. It was titled ''The Princes' Vigil: 12.15am, January 28, 1936'', and it was bought by Queen Mary who gave it to King Edward VIII on his birthday. Before the war started, Beresford's first wife, the artist Daisy Radcliffe Clague, died. During World War II, Beresford was only the second person to be awarded an ''Exceptional Service Award'' from the United States Air Force, which also has s ...
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Derby
Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gained city status in 1977, the population size has increased by 5.1%, from around 248,800 in 2011 to 261,400 in 2021. Derby was settled by Romans, who established the town of Derventio, later captured by the Anglo-Saxons, and later still by the Vikings, who made their town of one of the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw. Initially a market town, Derby grew rapidly in the industrial era. Home to Lombe's Mill, an early British factory, Derby has a claim to be one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution. It cont