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introducing fishermen. In 1833 he ex- hibited for the last time. He died in 1872, having for nearly forty years aban- doned his art in which he was gaining dis- tinction. His widow bequeathed three of his works to the National Gallery.

GOOD ALL, Edward, engraver. He was born at Leeds, September 17, 1795, and was early attached to art. He first tried landscape painting, and in 1822-23 exhibited a landscape in oil at the Royal Academy. He was, however, induced by Turner, R. A., to devote himself to engrav- ing, and in this art was self-taught, and was eminently successful. He was largely employed by Turner in engraving his works, and from him must have received much valuable advice. Among the works of Turner which he engraved are the * Florence,' 'Cologne,' 'Tivoli/ 'Caligula's Bridge/ 1 Oxford/ ' Richmond Hill,' and ' Old Lon- don Bridge.' He also engraved after Turner for his * England and Wales ' series, his * South Coasts,' Rogers's 'Italy/ and Campbell's ' Poems ; ' and after Stanfield. R.A., 'Views in Italy, Switzerland, ana the Tyrol/ with some landscapes after Cuyp and Claude. Later in his career he ex- ecuted several works for the ' Art Journal.' But his fame will surely rest upon his fine rendering of the great landscape works of Turner. He died at his house in the Hampstead Road, April 11, 1870. • GOOD ALL, Frederick Trevelyan, subject painter. He was the son of Mr. Goodall, R.A., and was a student in the schools of the Royal Academy. He ex- hibited some studies at the Academy in 1868-69, and at the close of that year gained the gold medal of the Academy for his original picture, 'The Return of Ulysses.' He then went to Italy, and un- happily lost a life of much promise by an accident at Capri, April 11, 1871, when he had only attained his 23rd year. Howard Goodall, his brother, a subject painter of much promise, died at Cairo, January 17, 1874, aged 24. He had exhibited at the Academy in 1870 ' Nydia in the House of Glaucus.' and in 1873 'Capri Girls win- nowing/

GOODRIDGE, H. E., architect. He practised at Bath, where some of his works show him to have possessed both invention and taste. He erected for Mr. Beckford the well-known Lansdowne Tower at Font- hill. He died at Bath in 1863 or .1864, aged 63.

GOODWIN, Francis, architect. He was born at King's Lynn, May 23, 1784, and gained much employment on public . buildings in the early part of the 19th century. He built new churches at the following places : Bordesley, near Birming- ham, 1820-23; Hulme, 1822-24: Derby, Walsall, Ashton-under-Lyne, Kiadermin- 180

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stcr, Bilston, Burton-on-Trent, Portsea, Oldham, and West Bromwich ; and rebuilt and made extensive repairs to several other churches. He also erected the town hall at Manchester and at Macclesfield; the market at Leeds and at Salford ; the ex- change at Bradford ; the county prison at Derby, and several mansions. He was the architect for Hungerford Bridge (of which Captain Browne, K.E.. was the engineer), a very elegant work, which has been lately removed. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, between 1820- 30, the designs of many of his executed works. He pub- lished ' Rural Architecture/ and ' Cottage Architecture/ and the designs which he prepared in competition for the new Houses of rarliament. He died in London, sud- denly, of apoplexy, August 30, 1835.

GOODWIN, Edward, landscape paint- er. He practised chiefly in water-colours, and painted with some ability, in the early tinted manner, at the beginning of the 19th century. He exliibited at the Royal Academy, from 1802 to 1808, chiefly views in Wales, and was in 1806 an unsuccessful candidate for admission to the Water- Colour Society, but contributed to its exhibitions in 1814-15-16, when they were open to painters generally.

GOODYEAR, Joseph, engraver. He was born at Birmingham, and for many years found employment there as an en- graver on plate. He was encouraged to come to London, where he found employ- ment, and in 1802 placed himself wide. Charles Heath for three years, and was soon competent to work upon book plates. Continuing to improve by the zealous prac- tice of his art, his last and best work was ' Greek Fugitives ' for Finden's ' Gallery of British Art* His health failed over this work, and after a lingering illness, he died in Camden Town, October 1, 1839, aged 41, and was buried in Highgate Cemetery. ♦ GORDON, Sir John Watson, Knt., R.A., P.R.S.A., portrait painter. Was born in Edinburgh in 1790, the son of Captain Watson. R.N., of an old Berwick- shire family. Interest was made to gain his admission to the Military Academy at Woolwich, and he was meanwhile placed in the Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh, under John Graham, to improve himself in drawing. Here he remained four vears, and having made some progress in his art, and perhaps disappointed in his expectation of a soldier's career, he tried history paint- ing, but found his true place as a portrait painter. Settled in Edinburgh, he painted most of the eminent men in that capital, and on the death of Raeburn in 1823, monopolised the chief practice; and in 1826 became a member of the Royal Scottish Academy, then recently founded. His works ana his reputation were,