Thomas Peploe Wood [SEP] cause of death
Arts. Wood specialised in watercolour sketches and oil paintings of landscape, buildings and animals. His chief patron was William Salt, banker and antiquary, who commissioned Wood to paint landscapes and buildings for his collections for a history of Staffordshire.
Thomas Peploe Wood suffered from ill health throughout his life, and succumbed to tuberculosis at the young age of 28. His youngest brother was the sculptor and painter Samuel Peploe Wood (1827-1873).
A large and elaborate memorial cross to Thomas and other members of the family
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-