Henry John Sylvester Stannard

Henry John Sylvester Stannard RBA FRSA (1870-1951) was a British watercolour artist who lived in the village of Flitwick, Bedfordshire, and whose patrons included the British Royal Family

He was educated at Bedford Modern School, and the National Art Training School in South Kensington. He was elected RBA in 1896.

In his work, Stannard typically depicted pastoral scenes and the rural idyll. He exhibited fifteen works at the Royal Academy the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the New Gallery, the Royal Society of British Artists and the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art