Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Mowbray, Harry Siddons

MOWBRAY, Harry Siddons, artist, b. in Alexandria, Egypt, 5 Aug., 1858. He is a son of George M. Mowbray, an &ldquo;expert in explosives,&rdquo; studied under Léon Bonnât in Paris in 1879-'83, and has produced some effective figure-pieces, among which are &ldquo;The Alchemist&rdquo; (1884); &ldquo;Lalla Rookh&rdquo; (1885); &ldquo;Rose Festival&rdquo; (1887); and &ldquo;Evening Breeze,&rdquo; which gained the Clark prize at the National academy in 1888 and his election to associate membership. In 1886 be became a member of the Society of American artists, and is at present instructor of the life class at the Art students' league.