The father of Alfred Robert Quinton and his six siblings was a journalist, writer and printer. The family lived in the parish of Peckham, which is now part of the London Borough of Southwork. Young Quinton felt a strong inclination towards art at an early age and his parents therefore sent him to the Heatherley School of Fine Art, a private London art school. Later he worked as a steel engraver for some time, but painting interested him more. He rented a small studio and began to paint in watercolour and oil with some success, and his watercolours in particular often found their way into Londner exhibitions. Early on Quinton married Elizabeth Annie Crompton and the couple had two sons, Leonhard and Edgar Allen. The younger son died at the age of 19.
At the age of forty-two, the artist and a friend undertook a bicycle journey from Land es End in the west of Cornwall to John o Groasts in the far north of Scotland. On the over 1,400 kilometres he painted countless pictures that were published in the weekly magazine "The Illusrated Sporting and Dramatic News. The travel series had great success and Quinton earned so much money that he was able to buy a house with a studio in London. He then made plans to travel through his home country each summer, sketching or photographing mainly landscapes and villages, and then painting in his studio the rest of the year. Alfred Robert Quinton became a very successful painter, many of his works became popular postcard motifs or were used to design art calendars and are still sought after by collectors today. The artist also illustrated several books, including "The Historic Thames" by Hilaire Belloc, a very well-known Franco-British writer and historian.
Quinton was at his best in many galleries throughout Britain and also exhibited at the Birmingham Royal Society, Liverpool Walker Art and the Royal Society of British Artists. Only at the Royal Academy in Burlington Street in Picadilly was he not allowed to hang his paintings. They brusquely rejected him because of the allegedly excessive commercialization of art.
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.jpg "Old Herne Village, Near Herne Bay by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Kynance Cove, Therill, Cornwall by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Inner and Outer Circle, Stonehenge by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The smithy, Penshurst, Kent by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Ashton Keynes, the Infant Thames by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Walberswick Ferry by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Star Inn, Alfriston by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Mermaid Street, Rye by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Long Wittenham, Berkshire, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Granny")
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.jpg "Goudhurst, Kent by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Torcross, South Devon by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "West Hagbourne, Berkshire, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Cottage Door, Elmley Castle, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Groombridge, Kent, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cowdrays Cottage, Midhurst, Sussex, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottages at East Hagbourne, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Bridge, Coombe Bissett, Nr Salisbury, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottage garden, Selworthy, Somerset, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Old Cottages, Dunster by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "A by Lane at Houghton, Suffolk, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Rossington, Near Porlock, Somerset, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England Published by Dent & Sons Limited by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Old Cottage, Bignor, Sussex, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Harbour, Polperro by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Childs Wickham, Nr Evesham, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Norton, Nr Evesham, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Church on the Hill, Kersey, Suffolk, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Magdalen College, 1st Court, Oxford by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Dove Cottage, Grasmere, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Seagulls in the Harbour, St Ives by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Brook, Steventon, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cropthorne, Nr Evesham, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Havington, near Evesham, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Durham, from Wharton Park by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottages at Lake, Nr Salisbury, Wiltshire, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Church Gate, Welford-on-Avon, Gloucester by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Lilac and Apple Blossoms, Harvington, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Village Street, Kersey, Suffolk by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Three Gables, Kersey, Suffolk by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Cross, East Hagbourne, Berkshire, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Front Cover, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1026044).jpg "Norton, near Evesham, Worcester by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Farmhouse, Brent Eleigh, Suffolk, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Little Jane")
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.jpg "Great Comberton, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Evening, Elmley Castle, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Great Comberton, Worcester by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Tillington, Nr Petworth, Sussex, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottage Door, Elmley Castle, Worcester by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Three Gables, Kersey, Suffolk, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottage at Elmley Castle, Worcestershire by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Village Street, Kersey, Suffolk, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Houses formerly occupied by weavers, Kersey, Suffolk, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "University and Parish Church, Aberystwyth by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Brixham, from the Quay by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottages at Dunster, Somerset, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Durham Cathedral, from Prebends Bridge by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottage Steps, Ardington, Berkshire by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottages, East Hagbourne by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Cottage Steps, Ardington, Berkshire by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Wrye Village, Lancashire by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Fowey, Lostwithiel Street by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottage door, Amberley, Sussex, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Church on the Hill, Kersey, Suffolk by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The West Gate, Canterbury by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Sutton Poyntz, near Weymouth by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Chiddingstone, Kent by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Elmley Cottage, Worcester, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Leas from Harbour, Folkestone by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Priory, Steventon, Berkshire, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Llandudno, Marine Drive and Welsh Mountains by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "October evening at Steventon, Berkshire, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Almshouses, Selworthy Green, Somerset by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Tudor Houses at Rottingdean by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Bude from Maer, Looking South by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-934853).jpg "The Priory, Steventon, Berks by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Farmhouse, Welford-on-Avon, Gloucester by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Crowcombe Cross, Somerset, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Central Tower and South Transept, York Minster by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Biddenden, Kent, from The Cottages and the Village Life of Rural England published by Dent & Sons Limited, 1912 by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "The Cross, East Hagbourne, Berkshire by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Rusthall Church, Tunbridge Wells by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Cottage Door, Amberley, Sussex by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Lilac and Apple Blossoms, Harvington, Worcester by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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.jpg "Wye Bridge and Cathedral, Hereford by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-980369).jpg "Penhurst Place and Church by Alfred Robert Quinton")
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