, of Caerdeon (1803–1892)'', now in the collection of Gwynedd Archives Service He was born in
Birmingham on 4 March 1837, the son of
Samuel Carter, a railway solicitor.
John Corrie Carter was his younger brother. After the family came to London, he studied for a short time at the
Heatherley School of Fine Art and then with
John William Bottomley, Alexander Johnson,
Francis William Topham, and
John Phillip. He also worked at
Düsseldorf under
Karl Franz Eduard von Gebhardt. From 1859 to 1902 Carter exhibited twenty-four pictures at the
Royal Academy, mostly subject paintings in the domestic genre, with also portraits of
Alexander Blair (1873 and 1898), Sir Joshua Staples, F.S.A. (1887), and Mrs. Worsley Taylor (1890). Two of his successful exhibits were
Music hath Charms (1872) and
Card Players (1873), both representing scenes from
Westphalian peasant life. He painted also landscapes in water-colour and pastel. Carter died on 27 September 1903, and was buried at
Kensal Green. A memorial exhibition of his works was held at
Leighton House in October 1904. ==Family==