Edwin Harris (1855–1906) was an English painter from Ladywood, Birmingham. He entered the Birmingham School of Art at the age of fourteen, where he worked under Charles Morgan, F G Jackson and Edward R Taylor. Fellow students included Walter Langley, William John Wainwright and William Breakspeare. Harris was appointed as assistant master and after two years set up his own studio, painting pictures and giving lessons.

In 1880 he progressed to Verlat’s Academy in Antwerp with Wainwright. Their Birmingham training stood them in good stead and he and Wainwright were selected to join the group of twelve elite students who were given a separate studio to work life size from the nude. He began exhibiting at the RBSA and was an early member...