Bowen, James (bap. 1718, d. 1774), painter and topographer, was baptized on 29 January 1718 at St Chad's, Shrewsbury, the son of John Bowen and his wife, Anne, née Wilding. He collected substantial materials for a history of Shropshire, having taken notes on churches, sketches of monuments, and transcripts of records when he was accompanying ...
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Bowen, James (bap. 1718, d. 1774), painter and topographer
Jennett Humphreys
revised by Asia Haut
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Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803–1874), topographical watercolour painter and printmaker
Patrick Noon
Boys, Thomas Shotter (1803–1874), topographical watercolour painter and printmaker, was born on 2 January 1803 at Pentonville, near London, the son of James Boys (1774–1821), a salesman, and his wife, Elizabeth Collins (1785–1875). He was apprenticed on 4 February 1817 to the ...
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Collins, Richard (d. 1732), portrait painter and topographical draughtsman
Deborah Graham-Vernon
Collins, Richard (d. 1732), portrait painter and topographical draughtsman, was the son of the Peterborough artist Richard Collins. He trained under the painter Michael Dahl. Based in Peterborough, he painted in and around Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. He made a number of portraits of the ...
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Denholm, James (1772–1818), topographer and painter
Joanne Potier
Denholm, James (1772–1818), topographer and painter, was born in Glasgow and educated at Glasgow Academy. He was taught drawing and geography and became a painter of miniatures and landscapes. He made his publishing début in 1797, with An Historical and Topographical Description of the City of Glasgow...
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Halfpenny, Joseph (1748–1811), topographical engraver and watercolour painter
Bertha Porter
revised by William Joseph Sheils
Halfpenny, Joseph (1748–1811), topographical engraver and watercolour painter, was born on 9 October 1748 at Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire, where his father, Thomas Halfpenny, was gardener to the archbishop. He was apprenticed to a house-painter in York, where he lived in the parish of St Michael-le-Belfrey...
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Hearne, Thomas (1744–1817), watercolour painter and topographical draughtsman
Simon Fenwick
Hearne, Thomas (1744–1817), watercolour painter and topographical draughtsman, was born at Marshfield in Gloucestershire on 22 September 1744, the only son of William Hearne (d. 1749) and his wife, Prudence (d. after 1797). After William Hearne's death his widow and young son moved to ...
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James, William (fl. 1760–1771), topographical painter and picture dealer
F. M. O'Donoghue
revised by Annette Peach
James, William (fl. 1760–1771), topographical painter and picture dealer, of whose parents nothing is known, practised in London, residing for some years in Maiden Lane, and later at the Golden Head in May's Buildings, St Martin's Lane. He exhibited with the Incorporated Society of Artists...
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Lambert, James (bap. 1725, d. 1788), watercolour painter and topographical artist
John H. Farrant
Lambert, James (bap. 1725, d. 1788), watercolour painter and topographical artist, was baptized on 29 December 1725 at Willingdon, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the youngest of the eight children of John Lambert (1690–1764), a flax dresser, and his wife, Susan Bray (1687–1771), daughter of ...
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Nattes, John Claude (c. 1765–1839), topographical draughtsman and watercolour artist
Aidan Flood
Nattes, John Claude (c. 1765–1839), topographical draughtsman and watercolour artist, lived in London for many years and also travelled widely throughout the British Isles and the continent. An engraved label on a watercolour exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1781 advertised his services as a teacher of drawing and perspective to the nobility and gentry. It also confirmed that ...
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O'Connor, John (1830–1889), scene-painter and topographical painter
Delia Millar
O'Connor, John (1830–1889), scene-painter and topographical painter, was born on 12 August 1830 in co. Londonderry, the third son of Francis O'Connor and his wife, Rose Cunningham; both his parents worked in the theatrical business. He was educated at the Church Educational Society's...
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Pars, William Edmund (1742–1782), topographical watercolour painter
Andrew Wilton
Pars, William Edmund (1742–1782), topographical watercolour painter, was born in London on 28 February 1742, the son of Albertus Pars, a metal-engraver, and his wife, Mary, and trained at William Shipley's drawing school in the Strand. He won a number of awards from the ...
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Pugh, Edward (bap. 1763, d. 1813), miniature painter and topographer
Peter Lord
Pugh, Edward (bap. 1763, d. 1813), miniature painter and topographer, was baptized in June 1763 at Ruthin in Denbighshire, the son of David and Dorothy Pugh. His father was a barber and presumably, therefore, of moderate means, and nothing is known of how his son acquired a training in art. By 1793 ...
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Samuel, George (1770/71–1823), landscape painter and topographical draughtsman
F. M. O'Donoghue
revised by Rosie Dias
Samuel, George (1770/71–1823), landscape painter and topographical draughtsman, practised in both oils and watercolours. No details of his birth or parentage are known. He received an award from the Society of Arts in 1784, and afterwards exhibited annually at the Royal Academy from 1785 to 1822, and at the ...
