much more measured life. No portraits were being commissioned; there were no loyal patrons or drawing classes. His income depended mainly on the sale of prints – engravings struck in his heyday. Fresh Fish and Lobster Sauce was Parker's last work shown at the Royal Academy, in 1859, but he continued to produce occasional exhibition works until the mid-1860s. Watercolour sketches record occasional seaside holidays – in Margate, Cornwall, the Isle of Man and Boulogne – but there are family bereavements and upsets. In 1866 Parker's second wife died. A year later he married for the third time, but once again he outlived his wife, who died in 1872. The couple had been living in Shepherd's Bush. On 9 November 1873 Henry Perlee Parker himself died, aged 78. It has been stated that he 'died in poverty in London', and this was supported by Nerys Johnson's biographical notes for the catalogue of the Henry Perlee Parker exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, in 1969: ‘Died penniless … Among the possessions passed on to his son Raphael were paintings, watercolours and a copy of Reynolds Discourses published in 1831.’ He seems to have lived the second half of his life on the income generated in the first half, so it would not be surprising that his money was running out. However, as well as having a live-in housekeeper to the end of his life, the probate value of his estate was stated as ‘no more than £8000’ – so he was not ‘penniless’. A brief obituary in the Illustrated London News of 23 May 1874 was illustrated with an engraving based on a photograph of the artist by Edward Gaubert. References External links 1795 births 1873 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters Artists from Devonport, Plymouth 19th-century English male artists