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Edward
John Gregory was born in 1850 in Southampton. For a time he
worked in the drawing office of a steamship company but left for
London in 1869 after befriending fellow artist Herbert von
Herkomer. Though Gregory was a mainly self taught artist he
attended the RCA and the Royal Academy Schools for a short
period. Gregory's subjects consisted mostly of street scenes and
city life and after a visit to Italy he produced a series on
Venice. Gregory exhibited at the RA throughout his career and
was President between 1898-1909. In 1883 he was elected ARA and
RA in 1898. He died in Marlow,
Buckinghamshire in
1909.
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