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    Francis Danby ARA (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable...
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    James Francis Danby (1816-1875) was an English landscape painter who excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset. Danby was born at Bristol in 1816, the son...
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  • landowner Francis Danby (1793–1861), Irish painter Gordon Danby, American physicist Graeme Danby (born 1962), English operatic bass Herbert Danby (1889–1953)...
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  • Painter in Ordinary to the Queen Margaret Sarah Carpenter (1793–1872) Francis Danby (1793–1861) Charles Robert Leslie (1794–1859) Sir William Charles Ross...
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    1673. The Earldom of Danby was a revival of the title held by his great-uncle, Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby (see Earl of Danby). The Dukedom was named...
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    Wong's Chinatown". Painters of the Romantic era like John Martin and Francis Danby were influenced to create large and highly dramatic pictures by the...
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    influence of The Raft of the Medusa was felt by artists beyond France. Francis Danby, a British painter born in Ireland, probably was inspired by Géricault's...
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    other members, in particular assisting and influencing Edward Bird and Francis Danby. Cumberland, whose father was also called George, was born in London...
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  • Sir Clinton Francis Samuel Danby, KBE (1882 – 30 June 1945), aka Peter, retired as Admiral Superintendent, HM Dockyard, Chatham [HMS Pembroke] in 1942...
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    group he was a particularly close associate of both Edward Bird and Francis Danby. Rippingille was born in King's Lynn, Norfolk, the son of a farmer....
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    south-west England, the younger son of Francis Danby (1793-1861). He had an elder brother, James Francis Danby (1816–75) who also became a landscape painter...
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    period of his participation in the activities of the Bristol School, Francis Danby developed the atmospheric, poetical style of landscape painting which...
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  • specialising in portraits John Linnell (1792–1882) – English landscape painter Francis Danby (1793–1861) – Irish painter Edward Calvert (1799–1883) – English printmaker...
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    William Etty, Henry Fuseli, Sir Thomas Lawrence, James Barry, Francis Danby, Richard Parkes Bonington and Alphonse Legros. Richard Ellison's collection...
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    anonymous painter, The vom Rath bequest, Rijksmuseum The Deluge, by Francis Danby, 1840. Oil on canvas. Tate Gallery Noah's Ark from the Zubdat al-Tawarikh...
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    Crichton (1779–1856), in the Gardens of the Villa Borghese, Rome c.1790 Francis Danby (1793–1861) The Opening of the Sixth Seal, 1828 Daniel Maclise (1806–1870)...
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    The Avon Gorge viewed from Ashton Meadow, by Francis Danby 1822...
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    William Wordsworth and Sir Walter Scott both wrote poems about the scene; Francis Danby and Edwin Landseer both painted it. A memorial stone to Gough was erected...
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    Leinster & Ireland Tadhg Furlong- Rugby player, Leinster & Ireland Francis Danby – 19th-century painter Chris de Burgh – Argentinian-born singer-songwriter...
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    Francis Danby: Varieties of Poetic Landscape. London: Yale University Press. pp. 4, 11–13. ISBN 0-300-01538-0. Greenacre, Francis (1988). Francis Danby...
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    earlier years a member of the Bristol School of artists and a follower of Francis Danby. Pyne was born in Bristol, England and taught himself to paint. He took...
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    sailor Ed "Stewpot" Stewart (1941-2016), radio DJ and entertainer Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) Irish born painter of the Romantic...
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  • Georg von Cancrin, German-Russian Minister of Finance (d. 1845) 1793 – Francis Danby, Irish painter of the Romantic era (d. 1861) 1806 – Mary Tyler Peabody...
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  • still-life and landscape artist Amelia Curran (1775–1847) – portrait painter Francis Danby (1793–1861) – painter, especially of large pictures in oil Colin Davidson...
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    Earl of Danby was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1626 in favour of the soldier Henry Danvers, 1st...
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    tries his hand at carpet-making. His last stop is Exmouth, home to Francis Danby, a forgotten Victorian landscape artist. 10 "Plymouth to Porthcurno"...
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    mostly landscape painters, and many, such as William James Müller, Francis Danby, James Baker Pyne and John Syer were well known. In 1844, when the Bristol...
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    Francis George Godolphin D'Arcy D'Arcy-Osborne, 7th Duke of Leeds (21 May 1798 – 4 May 1859), styled Earl of Danby from birth until 1799 and Marquess of...
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  • awarded premiums by the Society were: James Barry, George Barrett, Francis Danby, Edward Smyth, John Hogan. In 1867 as part of a wider initiative, the...
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    later 19th century, the house contained the painting, The Deluge by Francis Danby. At the end of the Second World War the estate was inherited as part...
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