Thomas Morten

Thomas Morten (1836–1866) was an English painter and book illustrator.

Thomas Morten was born on 27 March 1836 at Uxbridge, Middlesex.

[1] He came to London and studied at the painting school kept by J. Mathews Leigh in Newman Street.

Morten was chiefly employed as an illustrator of books and serials, mostly of a humorous nature.

Morten also practised as a painter of domestic subjects, and was an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy, sending in 1866 Pleading for the Prisoner.