William Milready, a British painter, born in Ennis, Ireland, April 1, 1786, died at Bays-water, near London, July 7, 1863. He was admitted a student of the royal academy at 14 years of age. His " Rattle " (1808), " Roadside Inn" (1811), and "Punch" (1813) showed careful study from nature and a good idea of color. His "Idle Boys" (1815) procured his election as an associate of the academy, and in 1816 he was admitted to full membership. His subsequent works, including " The Fight Interrupted" (1816), "Lending a Bite" (1819), " The Wolf and the Lamb " (1820), "The Convalescent" (1822), " The Oridn of a Painter" (1826), "The Last In" (1835), "First Love" (1840), and "The Ford" (1842), established his reputation. In 1840 he prepared 20 designs to illustrate the "Vicar of Wakefield," which suggested his subsequent pictures, " The Whis-tonian Controversy" (1844), "Choosing the Wedding Gown" (1846), and " Burchell and Sophia" (1847). Of his later works the best known are "The Butt" (1848), "Women Bathing" (1849), and "Blackheath Park" (1852). Choice specimens of his style are contained in the royal collection, in the Vernon and Sheepshanks portions of the national gallery, and in the Peel collection.