Samuel Restell Lines or Samuel Rostill Lines (January 15, 1804 – November 9, 1833) was an English

England

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 painter

Painting

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 and illustrator

Illustrator

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Born in Birmingham

Birmingham

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, he was the third son of Samuel Lines

Samuel Lines

Samuel Lines was an English designer, painter and art teacher.A significant figure in the development of art in Birmingham during its rapid growth in the early nineteenth century, Lines pioneered the teaching of drawing and painting in the town and was one of the founders of the life drawing...

, one of the founders of the academy for the training of artists that would eventually evolve into the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

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 and Birmingham School of Art

Birmingham School of Art

The Birmingham School of Art was a municipal art school based in the centre of Birmingham, England. Although the organisation was absorbed by Birmingham Polytechnic in 1971 and is now part of Birmingham City University's Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, its Grade I listed building on...

. The younger Lines studied drawing and painting under his father and showed great promise in illustrating landscapes and buildings – having work exhibited at the Royal Academy

Royal Academy

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 – but died in Birmingham at the age of only twenty nine.

Examples of his work feature in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

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, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery

Maidstone Museum & Art Gallery

Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery is in Maidstone, Kent, England. It is located on St. Faith's Street, opposite Fremlin Walk, a new shopping centre in the region.- Overview :...

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