Background
The eldest son of William Derby, he was born in London on 21 January 1821.
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Alfred Derby
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He was educated at Mr. Wyand"s school on Hampstead Road, where among his school-fellows were Henry Thomas Buckle, Frederick and Edward Angelo Goodall, and Percy Saint John.
Career
After studying in the schools of the Royal Academy, he painted portraits and scenes from the novels of Sir Walter Scott. Later the failing health of his father made it necessary that he should assist him in his watercolour copies from the works of Edwin Landseer and others After two years of ill-health he died 19 April 1873.
He left a small collection of highly finished drawings from portraits, which was sold at Christie"s 23 February 1874.
