William Henry Fisk

[2] Three years later he was the first of a series of artists to be invited to Balmoral to paint watercolour views for Queen Victoria.

He was teacher of drawing and painting to University College School, London, and in that capacity was very successful and of high repute.

He was a clear and logical lecturer on the practical aspect of art, and succeeded in attracting large audiences in London and the provinces.

Only the painting of Ghiberti was reproduced in mosaic, but Fisk's full sized oil versions for both remain in the museum.

[3][5] In 1863, Fisk was interested in the French Revolution; his painting Robespierre Receiving Letters from Friends of his Victims with Assassination Threats is nowadays exhibited in the Musée de la Révolution française.