Edward Thomson Davis (1833–1867): A Delicate Hand and Victorian Life Edward Thomson Davis (1833 – 12 June 1867) was a British genre painter, active in Worcester, England. His artistic legacy rests on a remarkably small body of work—approximately twenty paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1854 and 1867—yet these canvases possess an enduring fascination for art historians and collectors alike. Born at Northwick, near Worcester, Davis’s formative years were steeped in the traditions of Worcestershire’s artistic milieu, fostered by his father, a poet and admirer of Rabindranath Tago…