Draft:Arthur H. Vachell

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Arthur Vachell
Vachell in his garden in Carmel ca. 1916
Born	Arthur Honywood Vachell November 8, 1864 Dover, England
Died	1 June 1933(1933-06-01) (aged 68) Exmouth, England
Resting place	St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe
Education	Harrow School
Occupation	Painter
Years active	1905-1923
Known for	Introducing polo to the West Coast

• Comment: Which reliable source directly cite the article subject's dates of birth and death? Some of the cited sources are not fully accessible, so I am not able to check. There have been too many recent instances with the particular article creator obtaining information from unreliable sources, then omitting those sources while retaining information from unreliable sources, so I am a little more thorough than normally. Graywalls (talk) 10:15, 10 May 2024 (UTC)
•  Comment: The intro source from www.tfaoi.org provides a reliable source that includes the subject's birth and death dates. It is a PDF, so it is accessible. I've added a 2nd source that shows these dates from the St Thomas à Becket Church, Widcombe memorial inscriptions. I hope this helps. Greg Henderson (talk)8:03, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Arthur H. Vachell (November 8, 1864 – June 1, 1933), also known as A. V., was an English watercolorist who was associated with the art colony in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. He made contributions to the Forest Theater from 1911 to 1923, in stage set design and painting. He crafted woodblocks utilized for printing theater posters. Alongside his brother, Horace Annesley Vachell, he is credited with introducing the sport of polo to the West Coast. Eventually, he returned to England, where he and his brother purchased Widcombe Manor House, situated in Widcombe, Bath. His work has been represented within the permanent collections of the Monterey Museum of Art.^[1]