William Edward Frost, an English painter, born in Wandsworth, Surrey, in September, 1810. He commenced his career as a portrait painter, and executed in the course of 14 years upward of 300 pictures of this class. In 1839 he attempted historical composition, and his "Prometheus Bound," exhibited in that year, gained the gold medal at the academy. In 1843 he won a prize of £100 in the Westminster hall competition by his cartoon of Una alarmed by Fauns." He has since confined himself chiefly to classical subjects. Among his principal pictures are the "Disarming of Cupid" and the "Bacchanalian Revel." He was elected a royal academician Dec. 30, 1870.