Combe, Thomas

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: July 21, 1796

Place of Birth: Leicester, England

Date of Death: October 29, 1872

Place of Death: Oxford, England

 About:

Thomas Combe was a printer and patron of the arts. Combe met Millais in 1850, and invited him to stay at his house with painter Charles Allston Collins. Influenced by Millais, Combe collected Pre-Raphaelite art when Pre-Raphaelite paintings were under harsh scrutiny by the critics, and the survival of the movement owed much to Combe’s patronage.

 Bibliography:

Hughes, Colin. “Thomas Combe.” In Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com.proxy.library.emory.edu/view/article/6021/59012 (accessed November 18, 2016).