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Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter  

W. C. Monkhouse

revised by Arianne Burnette

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23 September 2004
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Aggas, Robert (c. 1620–c. 1682), landscape and scene painter, was the son of Samuel Agas of St Andrew's parish, Holborn. The family was originally from Stoke by Nayland in Suffolk. Samuel Agas was the son of Edward Aggas, a bookseller and printer, and relative of ...

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Beverly, William Roxby (1810?–1889), scene-painter  

W. J. Lawrence

revised by C. D. Watkinson

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23 September 2004
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Beverly, William Roxby (1810?–1889), scene-painter, was born at Richmond, Surrey, probably in 1810, the youngest son of William Beverly or Beverley (1764/5–1842) and his wife, Mary (1775/6–1851). The elder Beverly, a well-known actor–manager, had abandoned his own surname of Roxby on taking to the boards, to distinguish himself from his uncle ...

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Burford, Robert (1791–1861), panorama painter and proprietor  

Ralph Hyde

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Burford, Robert (1791–1861), panorama painter and proprietor, was the son of John Burford, a panorama proprietor. Both Robert Burford and his father worked for Robert Barker (1739–1806), the inventor of the panorama, and then, after his death, for his son Henry Aston Barker (1774–1856)...

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Capon, William (1757–1827), scene-painter, architectural draughtsman, and architect  

Richard Riddell

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23 September 2004
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Capon, William (1757–1827), scene-painter, architectural draughtsman, and architect, was born in Norwich on 6 October 1757, the son of Christopher Capon, portrait painter, and his wife, Anne, and was baptized at St Stephen's Church, Norwich, on 19 February 1758. At first he studied under his father but, preferring architecture, he moved to ...

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Carver, Robert (d. 1791), landscape and scene-painter  

L. H. Cust

revised by Deborah Graham-Vernon

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23 September 2004
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Carver, Robert (d. 1791), landscape and scene-painter, was born in Dublin, the son of Richard Carver (d. 1754), a history and landscape painter of some merit. Robert Carver studied under his father and also under Robert West at the Dublin Society Schools...

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Craven, Hawes (1837–1910)  

Maker: Henry van der Weyde

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Hawes Craven (1837–1910) by Henry van der Weyde, c. 1890 V&A Images, The Victoria and Albert Museum

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Craven, Hawes (1837–1910), scene painter  

[Anon.]

revised by Raymond Ingram

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Craven, Hawes (1837–1910), scene painter, was born Henry Hawes Craven Green on 3 July 1837 at Kirkgate, Leeds. His parents, James Green (d. 1881), a comedian, and Eliza Craven Green (1803–1866), an actress and, later, a poet, were performers on the York...

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Dall, Nicholas Thomas (d. 1776), decorative artist and scene-painter  

Deborah Graham-Vernon

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Dall, Nicholas Thomas (d. 1776), decorative artist and scene-painter, was of Scandinavian origin. Nothing is known of his parentage or early life; however, he probably studied in Bologna in the 1740s under one of the masters of architectural capriccios for which the city was renowned. While there he may have received the commission from ...

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Ellenshaw, Peter (1913–2007), special effects artist and landscape painter  

Brian Sibley

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07 March 2013
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06 January 2011

Ellenshaw, Peter (1913–2007), special effects artist and landscape painter, was born William Samuel Cook Ellenshaw at 76 Chatham Road, Battersea, London, on 24 May 1913, the son of Adeline Eyles. His mother was named on his birth certificate as Alice Ellenshaw, formerly Eyles...

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Greenwood, Thomas (bap. 1752?, d. 1797), scene-painter  

Catherine Haill

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Greenwood, Thomas (bap. 1752?, d. 1797), scene-painter, is believed to be the son of the engraver John Greenwood (1729–1768), who may have come to London from Yorkshire where there was a thriving branch of the family. Thomas Greenwood was not, however, related to the American-born painter ...

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Harker, Joseph Cunningham (1855–1927), scene painter and theatrical designer  

B. A. Kachur

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23 September 2004
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Harker, Joseph Cunningham (1855–1927), scene painter and theatrical designer, was born on 17 October 1855 in Levenshulme, Lancashire, the third of the three children of William Harker and his wife, Maria O'Connor. When Harker was three years old, his father, a well-known character actor in ...

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Lambert, George (1699/1700–1765), landscape and scene painter  

Elizabeth Einberg

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23 September 2004
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Lambert, George (1699/1700–1765), landscape and scene painter, is of unknown parentage. His birth date is computed from Vertue's note on him in September 1722 as 'a young hopefull Painter in Landskape aged 22 much in imitation of Wotton. Manner of Gasper Pousin...

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Lambert, George (1699/1700–1765)  

Maker: John Faber junior

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George Lambert (1699/17001700–1765) by John Faber junior, 1727 (after John Vanderbank) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques [Philip James] de (1740–1812), landscape painter and scene designer  

Christopher Baugh

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23 September 2004
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Loutherbourg, Philippe Jacques [Philip James] de (1740–1812), landscape painter and scene designer, was born on 31 October 1740 according to the baptismal register of the Neue Kirche in Strasbourg, Alsace. However, his monument in the cemetery of St Nicholas in Chiswick, London, notes his birth as taking place on 1 November in ...

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Marshall, Charles (1806–1890), scene-painter  

L. H. Cust

revised by Ralph Hyde

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23 September 2004
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Marshall, Charles (1806–1890), scene-painter, was born on 31 December 1806 at 1 Cumberland Street, St Pancras, London, and baptized in St Pancras on 24 May 1807, the son of Nathan Marshall, butcher (d. 1848), and his wife, Mary, née Randall (d...

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Novosielski, Michael (c. 1747–1795), scene painter and architect  

Christopher Baugh

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23 September 2004
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Novosielski, Michael (c. 1747–1795), scene painter and architect, although Polish in name, was born in Rome. When he arrived in England is not known, but by 1772 he was living in Golden Square, London. On 3 September 1776 he married the singer Regina Felicia Pasquali (...

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O'Connor, John (1830–1889), scene-painter and topographical painter  

Delia Millar

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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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Oram, Edward (d. in or after 1799)  

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See Oram, William

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Richards, John Inigo (1730/31?–1810), landscape and scene-painter  

Tina Fiske

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23 September 2004
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Richards, John Inigo (1730/31?–1810), landscape and scene-painter, was born in London. The precise year of his birth cannot be confirmed: in June 1810 his daughter reported to Joseph Farington that Richards would be '80 yrs old the 2d. of August next, born ...

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Stanley, Montague (1809–1844), actor and landscape painter  

Joanna Soden

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23 September 2004
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Stanley, Montague (1809–1844), actor and landscape painter, was born in Dundee on 5 January 1809. His father served in the Royal Navy and he was sent, with his wife and young son, to New York in March 1810. He died about 1812, and in 1816 his widow remarried and moved to ...