Virgil Maxey Williams was the first teacher, and later Director, of the San Francisco School of Design established in 1874. Among the 38 pupils in his first class was Lucy Adeline Briggs) Cole Rawson Peckinpah Smallman, a Napa county artist and self-taught botanist.
His tenure continued for 12 years until his unexpected death from a heart attack in 1886. He was known for his landscape, portrait and genre paintings .
To correct a couple of errors in other published accounts, information from Mr. Williams' passport application has been used in this memorial. First, his birth place: Mr. Williams recorded his birthplace as the State of Maine. (He was raised in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, which has been erroneously reported as his birthplace.) Second, the spelling of his middle name: He signed his middle name "Maxey".
His first burial place was Laurel Hill Cemetery.
His tenure continued for 12 years until his unexpected death from a heart attack in 1886. He was known for his landscape, portrait and genre paintings .
To correct a couple of errors in other published accounts, information from Mr. Williams' passport application has been used in this memorial. First, his birth place: Mr. Williams recorded his birthplace as the State of Maine. (He was raised in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, which has been erroneously reported as his birthplace.) Second, the spelling of his middle name: He signed his middle name "Maxey".
His first burial place was Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Virgil Maxey Williams was the first teacher, and later Director, of the San Francisco School of Design established in 1874. Among the 38 pupils in his first class was Lucy Adeline Briggs) Cole Rawson Peckinpah Smallman, a Napa county artist and self-taught botanist.
His tenure continued for 12 years until his unexpected death from a heart attack in 1886. He was known for his landscape, portrait and genre paintings .
To correct a couple of errors in other published accounts, information from Mr. Williams' passport application has been used in this memorial. First, his birth place: Mr. Williams recorded his birthplace as the State of Maine. (He was raised in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, which has been erroneously reported as his birthplace.) Second, the spelling of his middle name: He signed his middle name "Maxey".
His first burial place was Laurel Hill Cemetery.
His tenure continued for 12 years until his unexpected death from a heart attack in 1886. He was known for his landscape, portrait and genre paintings .
To correct a couple of errors in other published accounts, information from Mr. Williams' passport application has been used in this memorial. First, his birth place: Mr. Williams recorded his birthplace as the State of Maine. (He was raised in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, which has been erroneously reported as his birthplace.) Second, the spelling of his middle name: He signed his middle name "Maxey".
His first burial place was Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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