The Wishing Well ( c. 1880), oil on canvas, 50.5 x 87 cm., gift of the late Jane Ashplant Stoll, a descendant of an early London family, 1992 Snow Journey (1877), oil on canvas, 64.8 x 90.8 cm., bequest of Miss Dorothy Gunn, London, 1982 Near Hyde Park (n.d.), oil on canvas, 39.5 x 65.1 cm., gift of Mrs. Audre E. Walker, London, 1987 Byron Village (1882.), oil on canvas, 50.8 x 87 cm., gift of Mrs. Isobel McKone, London, 1970 View of London, Ontario (1877), watercolour on paper, 29 x 59.5 cm., gift of John Labatt Limited, London, 1993 Indian Hunter (n.d.), oil on canvas, 65.5 x 39.4 cm., gift of Reverend Cecil Dixon, London, 1947 William Lees Judson (1842-1928) was born in Manchester, England and died in Los Angeles, California. His family first emigrated to the United States in 1852 where the young Judson later studied art in New York under John B. Irving. After the Civil War, he settled in London, Ontario, where he became an important artist and teacher. During his stay in this city, Judson traveled twice to Paris, France, to study at the Academie Julien with Adolphe Bouguereau, Gustav Boulanger and Jules Lefebvre. He also wrote a book called, A Tour of the Thames, and played a key political role in local art circles. His Canadian work was exhibited at the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy, as well as on the provincial fair circuit. Later, he moved to the United States where he became the first Professor of Drawing and Painting at the College of Fine Arts at the University of California and was named its founding Dean. Judson painted in a diversity of styles, worked in a variety of media, including ink, pastel, oil and watercolour and used floral, genre, landscape, marine, portrait and still life subjects.