Thomas Faed, a Scottish artist, born at Bur-ley Mill, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, in 1826. In 1843 he went to Edinburgh, where his elder brother, John, was painting with success, and for some years was a pupil in the school of design of that city. After executing the well known group of Scott and his Friends at Abbotsford and other works, he went in 1852 to London, where he has since resided. In 1855 his Mitherless Bairn was exhibited at the royal academy, his "Home and the Homeless" in 1856, and the "First Break in the Family" in 1857. In 1864 he was made a member of the royal academy, and several of his paintings were exhibited at the Paris universal exposition of 1867.