William Allsworth

{{Short description|British painter (1811–1864)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}} [[File:William Allsworth - The emigrants - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|The Emigrants by William Allsworth. Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.]] '''William Allsworth''' (21 April 1811–10 January 1864) was an English painter.<ref>{{cite web | title=William Allsworth | website=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa| url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/63 | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=William Allsworth, English 19th century artist | website=Vivienne Morrell | date=28 August 2023 | url=https://viviennemorrell.wordpress.com/2023/08/28/william-allsworth-english-19th-century-artist/ | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref> He exhibited at the Royal Academy.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Rebecca Rice |author2=Matariki Williams |title=Encounters |date=2021 |publisher=Te Papa Press |page=186 |url=https://issuu.com/tepapapress/docs/encounters}}</ref> He is known for his 1844 painting ''The Emigrants'' which depicts a Scottish family preparing to emigrate to New Zealand. The painting is in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.<ref>{{cite web | title= 'The Emigrants' by William Allsworth| website=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa| url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/1406 | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title= The emigrants (Object - Part of Art Collection) | website=Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa | url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/39550 | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>

In 2016 artist Paul Stephenson painted reflections onto two portraits by Allsworth for an exhibition called ''Forced Collaboration''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Parsons | first=Elly | title=Digital deconstruction: Paul Stephenson's antique graffiti at StolenSpace | website=wallpaper.com | date=8 August 2016 | url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/paul-stephenson-on-forced-collaboration-at-stolenspace-london | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Holmes | first=Kevin | title=A 'Forced Collaboration' Is What Happens When Art's Past and Future Collide | website=VICE | date=10 August 2016 | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/forced-collaboration-graffiti-paintings-london/ | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=‘The Emigrants’ and immigrants to New Zealand | website=Vivienne Morrell | date=7 December 2014 | url=https://viviennemorrell.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/the-emigrants-and-immigrants-to-new-zealand/ | access-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>

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