Waterhouse
Painter's family name
Waterhouse is an English surname derived from a place name meaning a house by water or a building where water was stored.
Notable bearers include the Victorian painter John William Waterhouse, known for romantic mythological subjects like The Lady of Shalott, and Alfred Waterhouse, the architect who designed London's Natural History Museum.
The name appears in business contexts as well, particularly in accounting through the legacy of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Victorian artists emulating earlier masters
- OpheliaGreek name meaning help
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
romantic · Victorian · muse · canvas · gallery · Tate · Royal Academy · symbolism
Architectural return to medieval forms
- VictorianOf a prim era
- terracottaFired reddish-brown ceramic
- Natural History MuseumScience and specimen institution
- RomanesqueRound-arched medieval building style
ecclesiastical · façade · turrets · spires · vaults · arches · gables · masonry
Study of family descent
- familyRelated people together
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- patronymicName from father's name
last name · family tree · kinship · relatives · English origin · census records · immigration · parish records
Pre-Raphaelite
Victorian artists emulating earlier masters
- OpheliaGreek name meaning help
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- oil paintingArt made with linseed-bound pigments
classical · romantic · Victorian · muse · canvas · gallery · Tate · Royal Academy · symbolism · allegory
Gothic Revival
Architectural return to medieval forms
- VictorianOf a prim era
- terracottaFired reddish-brown ceramic
- Natural History MuseumScience and specimen institution
Romanesque · ecclesiastical · façade · turrets · spires · vaults · arches · gables · masonry · ornamentation
genealogy
Study of family descent
patronymic · last name · family tree · kinship · relatives · English origin · census records · immigration · parish records · clan
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
- Pre-RaphaelitesRossetti, brotherhood, Ophelia, William Morris, Morris
- Victorian ArtistsRossetti, Leighton, Watts, Sargent, Turner
- Northeast TasmaniaScottsdale, Beaconsfield, Gladstone
- Cupid and PsychePsyche, Cupid, Eros, Venus, Aphrodite
- Jamaica PlacesKingston, Montego Bay, Falmouth, Port Royal, Santa Cruz