(c1828 - 1905)
John Alfred Vinter studied at the Royal Academy Schools, winning a gold medal for painting in 1849. Fellow pupils included future PRB members and in c.1848 he was a founder member of the Cyclographic Society. After leaving, he studied lithography. He exhibited at the Academy, the British Institution and Society of British Artists. He had at least five children including painter Frederick Armstrong Vinter. By 1873 he was Lithographer to the Queen, generally producing works to be privately printed for presentation purposes. His paintings were first prizes in the Art Union of Great Britain’s shilling draws of 1872 and 1875. From 1880 he taught Byam Shaw. He was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the Academy in 1897 and died in May 1905.
