Charles Joseph Staniland ( 1838 - 1916)

Staniland was born in Kingston-upon-Hull on 19 June 1838, the son of a merchant and studied at the Birmingham School of Art, under D W Raimbach, and in London at Heatherley’s, the National Art Training School and at the Royal Academy Schools.

Staniland began to exhibit in the early 1860s, both in London, where he showed mainly at the Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and in the provinces. He was elected an associate of the Institute of The Graphic.