Thomas Peploe Wood [SEP] date of birth
Thomas Peploe Wood
Thomas Peploe Wood (1 January 1817 – 4 April 1845) was an English landscape painter. A number of his pictures are at the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Staffordshire County Museum and the William Salt Library, Stafford.
Biography.
Thomas Peploe Wood was born in Great Haywood, Staffordshire the son of Joseph and Alethea Wood. Joseph Wood was a toll gate keeper and shoemaker. He was largely self-taught, but was encouraged by local architect Thomas Trubshaw (1801-
Peploe Wood
Peploe Wood is an English name combination shared by the brothers:
- Thomas Peploe Wood (1817-1845)
- Samuel Peploe Wood (1827-1873)
It does not appear to be a full fledged double-barelled surname, as they signed their works "T. P. Wood" and "S. P. Wood", and Samuel's wife was known as "Amelia Wood", not "Amelia Peploe Wood".