Paul Falconer Poole, an English painter, born in Bristol in 1810. His first exhibition in the academy was " The Well, a Scene at Naples " (1830), and he was elected an associate in 1846, and an academician in 1861. Among his works are " Solomon Eagle exhorting the People to Repentance during the Plague of London" (1843); "The Beleaguered City "(1844); "Suppression of Sion Monastery " (1846); " Edward III.'s Generosity to the People of Calais" (1847), which gained a prize of £300 in the Westminster hall exhibition; " Arlete first discovered by Robert le Diable" (1848); three scenes from "The Tempest" (1849); "Job and his Friends receiving the Tidings of his Calamities" (1850); "The Goths in Italy" (1852); "Lighting the Beacon on the Coast of Cornwall at the appearance of the Spanish Armada" (1864); and "Imogenbefore the Cave of Belarius" (1866). Among his lesser works are "Margaret at her Spinning Wheel," from "Faust;" "The Song of the Troubadour" and "Philomena's Song by the Beautiful Lake," from the "Decameron;" "The Escape of Glaucus and lone;" "The Last Scene in Lear;" "A Suburb of Pompeii;" "A Midsummer Night;" "The Market Girl;" "The Alehouse Door;" "The Mountaineers;" and "The Blackberry Gatherers".