AINSLEY, SAMUEL

(c. 1810–1874)

   The British artist who accompanied George Dennis on his tours of Etruria and whose drawings and paintings are preserved in the British Museum. He made three tours between June 1842 and July 1843 and, as well as publishing with Dennis, exhibited in the Royal Academy. He can be credited with the rediscovery of the necropolis of Sovana in June 1843.