EGG

August us Leopold ( son of Joseph Egg of 1 Piccadilly, London, gunmaker ). b. 1 Piccadilly 2 May 1816; studied at R.A.; exhibited 28 pictures at R.A., 9 at B.I. and 9 at Suffolk st. gallery 1837–60; A.R.A. 1848, R.A. 1860. d. Algiers 26 March 1863. Life of Charles Dickens by J. Forster iii , 55–74 (1874); Red grave’s Century of painters ii , 358–60 (1866); Art Union monthly journal (1847) 312, portrait ; I.L.N. xxx , 419, 420 (1857), portrait . EGLEY, William . b. Don caster 1798; miniature painter in London 1824 to death; exhibited 169 miniatures at R.A. 1824–69. d. London 19 March 1870.