Sir William Boxall 1800 - 1879

occupation:
Artist, Museum director, Portrait painter
Nationality:
English; British
born in:
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom

1851- elected an associate of the Royal Academy. 1866 - appointed director of the National Gallery. 1868 - elected an honorary academician of the Academy of San Fernando, Madrid. 1870 - received the degree of DCL from Oxford University. 1871 - knighted.