Sebastian Gomez Discovered by His Master Murillo, At Work, from the "Illustrated London News". Artist: After Edward Henry Wehnert (British, baptised London 1813-1868 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/16 × 8 3/4 in. (18.3 × 22.3 cm). Engraver: Walter George Mason (British, Holloway, Middlesex 1820-1866 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia). Subject: Sebastián Gómez (Spanish, ca. 1646-1682 Seville); Bartolomé Estebán Murillo (Spanish, Seville 1617-1682 Seville). Date: April 29, 1848.We are here invited to share the surprise of the Spanish seventeenth-century painter Murillo, as he discovers the artistic talent of a young mulatto slave in his household. Hans Christian Anderson recounted Gomez's story in 1838 in "The Unknown Painter," likely inspiring Wehret's image. Born in London, to German parents, the artist was educated at Göttingen University then trained in Paris and was interested in subjects concerned with both history and art. Mason engraved the image for the "Illustrated London News