Egron Lundgren

This type of work was apparently not to his liking as, in 1835, he enrolled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts to pursue a childhood interest in watercolors.

Instead, he focused on genre scenes, featuring the local people, market life and public festivities.

Under Queen Victoria's protection, he was able to travel with the British Army, which had taken over military operations from the East India Company.

He continued his travels throughout the 1860s, visiting Norway, Egypt, Spain and Italy and making his first trip back to Sweden.

[1] His final years were all spent at home, in Stockholm, where he painted landscapes and published a collection of his letters and diaries called En målares anteckningar 1 - 2 (A Painter's Notes), compiled from earlier publications.