"""Baronet with Sam Chifhey Up"" is a painting by which artist born in Liverpool in 1724?"
"in the world. Sudley House contains another major collection of pre-20th-century art. Liverpool University's Victoria Building was re-opened as a public art gallery and museum to display the University's artwork and historical collections which include the largest display of art by Audubon outside the US. A number of artists have also come from the city, including painter George Stubbs who was born in Liverpool in 1724. The Liverpool Biennial festival of arts runs from mid-September to late November and comprises three main sections; the International, The Independents and New Contemporaries although fringe events are timed to coincide. It was during"
"Barnett Samuel Marks Barnett Samuel Marks (Cardiff 1827–London 1916) R.C.A. (Royal Cambrian Academician) was a Welsh-Jewish portrait painter who was also noted for his social realism paintings. Barnett Samuel Marks was born in Cardiff on 8 May 1827, the first child of Mark Lyon Marks, originally from Neath, and Ann Michael from Swansea. His father was a watchmaker and auctioneer and an important figure in the establishment of the Jewish community in Cardiff. His mother’s grandfather, a wealthy silversmith and merchant, had arrived in South Wales from Germany in the middle of the eighteenth century and the family had played"
"Samuel Finney (painter) Samuel Finney (13 February 1719 – 1798) was an English miniature-painter. Finney was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire on 13 February 1719, was the eldest son of Samuel Finney of Fulshaw, Cheshire, and Esther, daughter of Ralph Davenport of Chorley. His family facing monetary difficulties, Finney came to London to study law, but left the profession for painting. He established himself as a miniature-painter, working both in enamel and ivory, and was very successful. He exhibited miniatures at the Exhibition of the Society of Artists in 1761, and in 1765 exhibited a miniature of Queen Charlotte, having been"
"of 2019). His statue stands in St John's Gardens, Liverpool. Arthur Forwood Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, 1st Baronet (23 June 1836 – 27 September 1898) was an English merchant, shipowner, and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1885 until his death, and in 1895 he was created a baronet. Forwood was born in Edge Hill, Liverpool, the eldest son of Thomas Brittain Forwood, a merchant, and Charlotte née Bower, the daughter of a cotton broker. He was educated at Liverpool Collegiate and then joined the family business. When his father retired from the business in 1862, he"
"Flemish Baroque artist and leading court painter in England. Joseph Mallord William Turner (23 April 1775 – 19 December 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, who is commonly known as ""the painter of light"". Claude-Joseph Vernet (14 August 1714 – 3 December 1789) was a French painter whose landscapes, including those of moonlights were popular with English aristocrats. His ""The Port of Rochefort"" (1763, Musée national de la Marine) is particularly notable; in the piece Vernet is able to achieve, according to art historian Michael Levey, one of his most 'crystalline and atmospherically sensitive skies'. Joseph Wright of Derby"
"evolve into the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and Birmingham School of Art. By 1818 Barber had moved to Liverpool where he established himself as a drawing master. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Birmingham Society of Artists and the Liverpool Academy of Arts, of which he served as President from 1847 to 1853. Charles Barber (artist) Charles Vincent Barber (ca. 1784 – 1854) was an English landscape painter and art teacher. Barber was born in Birmingham and baptised on 28 January 1784, the first son of Joseph Barber, the town's first drawing master. He studied at his father's"
"daughter of John Ernest Herbert Linford of Thorpe, Norfolk. He was succeeded by his son Harmood Harmood-Banner. John Harmood-Banner Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, 1st Baronet (8 September 1847 – 24 February 1927) was an English accountant from Liverpool. His interests spread across Lancashire and Cheshire, and extended to the British colonies and South America. He was also prominent in the civic affairs of Liverpool, where he was a long-serving City Councillor. A Conservative, he was Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and was one of the city's Members of Parliament (MPs) for nearly 20 years. Harmood-Banner was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool,"
"catalogue as ""chiefly in oils, but occasionally also in water-colours, and … many fine studies in black and white"", noting works above and, Attribution: John Samuel Raven John Samuel Raven (1829—1877) was an English landscape painter. Raven was born in Suffolk on 21 August 1829. He was the son of the Rev. Thomas Raven, a clergyman of the Church of England, who had considerable talent as an amateur artist, as may be seen from six water-colour drawings by him in the South Kensington Museum. John Raven was, however, almost entirely self-taught, initially by studying the works of John Crome and"
"John Harmood-Banner Sir John Sutherland Harmood-Banner, 1st Baronet (8 September 1847 – 24 February 1927) was an English accountant from Liverpool. His interests spread across Lancashire and Cheshire, and extended to the British colonies and South America. He was also prominent in the civic affairs of Liverpool, where he was a long-serving City Councillor. A Conservative, he was Lord Mayor of Liverpool, and was one of the city's Members of Parliament (MPs) for nearly 20 years. Harmood-Banner was born in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, the second son of accountant Harmood Walter Banner from Bebington in Cheshire. He was educated at Radley"
"created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 24 January 1863 for the merchant and banker William Brown, of Astrop House, Kings Sutton, Northamptonshire. The baronetcy was conferred in honour of his services to the city of Liverpool. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1873. The fourth Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. James Clifton Brown, second son of Alexander Brown, eldest son of the first Baronet, was Member of Parliament for Horsham. He was the father of 1) Howard Clifton Brown, a Brigadier-General in the British Army and Member of"
"Art Gallery in Swansea also holds a collection (where Richards' first solo exhibition took place in 1930). Good examples of his work are also to be found in the gallery of the National Museum Cardiff and the Pallant House Gallery, Chichester. He designed stained glass windows for Derby Cathedral (1964-5), and for the Blessed Sacrament Chapel of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral (1965). Ceri Richards Ceri Giraldus Richards, CBE (6 June 1903 – 9 November 1971) was a Welsh painter, print-maker and maker of reliefs. Richards was born in 1903 in the village of Dunvant, near Swansea, the son of Thomas Coslett"
"Samuel Shelley Samuel Shelley (1750/56–1808) was an English miniaturist and watercolour painter. Largely self-educated, Samuel Shelley was a leading miniaturist, i.e., painter of portrait miniatures, of his time, ranking with Cosway, Smart, and Crosse. In addition to his portraits, he also painted in water-colours fancy figures and compositions from Shakespeare, Tasso, and other poets. His water-colours and miniatures were engraved by Bartolozzi, William Nutter, Caroline Watson, and others. Born in Whitechapel, London, Shelley was for the most part self-taught as an artist. His first exhibition was at the Society of Artists in 1773, on 21 March the following year he"
"British state was organised. To begin with, by taking on certain tasks, they underlined just how much the state left undone. William Shipley William Shipley (baptised: 2 June 1715 – 28 December 1803) was an English drawing master, social reformer and inventor who, in 1754, founded an arts society in London that became The Royal Society of Arts, or Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA). Shipley was born in Maidstone, Kent, the son of Jonathan Shipley (d. 1749, originally of Walbrook, London) and Martha (née Davies), and baptised on 2 June 1715. He had a"
"sculpture surmounting it. He revived the Witwatersrand Agricultural Society and served as its president from 1906 to 1924. He died at Vergelegen, Somerset West on 2 July 1936. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson, Sir Lionel Francis Phillips, 2nd Baronet. Lionel Phillips Sir Lionel Phillips, 1st Baronet (6 August 1855 – 2 July 1936) was a British-born South African financier, mining magnate and politician. Phillips was born in London on 6 August 1855 to Phillip Phillips, a trader, and his wife Jane Lazerus. He was one of three sons and the family was lower middle-class, thus his"
"Structural Engineers) from 1917 to 1921. He was elected member (for Hammersmith) of the Board of Deputies of British Jews in 1913. Barnett Samuel Marks Barnett Samuel Marks (Cardiff 1827–London 1916) R.C.A. (Royal Cambrian Academician) was a Welsh-Jewish portrait painter who was also noted for his social realism paintings. Barnett Samuel Marks was born in Cardiff on 8 May 1827, the first child of Mark Lyon Marks, originally from Neath, and Ann Michael from Swansea. His father was a watchmaker and auctioneer and an important figure in the establishment of the Jewish community in Cardiff. His mother’s grandfather, a wealthy"
"is a painting of Sir Edmund by Thomas Hudson hanging at Lamport Hall. Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet Sir Edmund Isham (18 December 1690 – 15 December 1772), 6th Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire was a Member of Parliament for several successive terms during the reigns of Kings George II and George III of England. Edmund Isham was born on 18 December 1690 to Sir Justinian Isham, 4th Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire and his wife Elizabeth Turnor. He was educated at Rugby School and Wadham College, Oxford and embarked on a legal career, becoming an advocate in Doctors' Commons (1724) and"
"William Shipley William Shipley (baptised: 2 June 1715 – 28 December 1803) was an English drawing master, social reformer and inventor who, in 1754, founded an arts society in London that became The Royal Society of Arts, or Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA). Shipley was born in Maidstone, Kent, the son of Jonathan Shipley (d. 1749, originally of Walbrook, London) and Martha (née Davies), and baptised on 2 June 1715. He had a brother Jonathan Shipley, who became the Bishop of St Asaph, and whose son William Davies Shipley became Dean of St Asaph."
"a seated woman by an urn, and to his wife, showing a standing woman by an urn. Sir James Hamlyn, 1st Baronet Sir James Hamlyn, 1st Baronet (1735–1811) (born James Hammet) of Clovelly Court in Devon, and of Edwinsford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen 1793–1802. He served as Sheriff of Devon 1767-8. He was created a baronet in 1795. He not only inherited a large estate in Devon from his wealthy childless great-uncle, but also married a wealthy Welsh heiress. James Hammett was born in October 1735, the eldest son of Richard Hammett (1707–1766) of"
"James Sillett James Sillett (also written as Sillet or Silleth), (c. 1764–1840) was an English painter, born in Norwich where he spent much of his career. The son of James Sillett of Eye, Suffolk, James Sillett (also known as Sillet or Silleth), was born in Norwich in about 1764. He worked there for a time as an heraldic painter, and so his artistic career began rather as with his contemporaries John Crome and John Ninham. He then moved to London, where he was employed as a copyist by the Polygraphic Society, set up in 1784 by Joseph Booth and which"
"of Arts in 1841. He had work exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1842 to 1861 and also lived in London from 1845 to 1847, before returning to Liverpool to live in Bootle. He specialised in oil paintings and watercolours on canvas. The Liverpool Museums Resource lists more than 10 of his paintings as being on permanent display in Liverpool, as well as a collaboration between Walters and his father. Some famous ships he painted include the CSS ""Florida"" and CSS ""Alabama"". His paintings are in public collections throughout the world, including the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. Samuel Walters"
"Samuel Drummond Samuel Drummond (25 December 1766, London - 6 August 1844, London) was a British painter, especially prolific in portrait and marine genre painting. His works are on display in the National Portrait Gallery, the National Maritime Museum and the Walker Art Gallery. Drummond was born to Jane Bicknell and James Drummond, a London baker. At about thirteen Drummond was apprenticed to the sea service, working on the Baltic trade routes for six or seven years. After the navy, Drummond worked briefly as a clerk before entering the Royal Academy Schools on 15 July 1791. Drummond started his portraying"
"Chiltern Hundreds. He was created a Baronet, of West Toxteth in the City of Liverpool, in 1922. Married to Lucy, Lady Houston, he died on his steam yacht ""Liberty"" on 14 April 1926. Sir Robert Houston, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Paterson Houston, 1st Baronet (31 May 1853 – 14 April 1926) was a British Conservative Party politician and shipowner. He was born to a maritime engineer from Renfrewshire, and, after an apprenticeship in Liverpool, Houston also became an engineer. In 1877 he bought a share in a packet steamer with his inheritance, using the profits to start up his own"
"Sir George Beaumont, 7th Baronet Sir George Howland Beaumont, 7th Baronet (6 November 1753 – 7 February 1827) was a British art patron and amateur painter. He played a crucial part in the creation of London's National Gallery by making the first bequest of paintings to that institution. Born in Great Dunmow, Essex, he was the only surviving child of the landowner Sir George Beaumont, 6th Baronet, from whom he inherited the baronetcy in 1762 (see Beaumont baronets) and Rachel [nee Howland] daughter of Michael Howland of Stone Hall, Matching Green. Beaumont was educated at Eton College, where he was"
"confused on the surface, even demented, they made one doubt while one continued to gaze, whether the painter had not in truth broken through to a deep and terrible order"". Charles Sims (painter) Charles Henry Sims (28 January 1873, Islington – 13 April 1928, St. Boswells) was a British painter of portraits, landscapes, and decorative paintings. Apart from his mainstream reputation, he is also considered an exponent of Outsider Art, as an artist whose work developed an idiosyncratic style through psychiatric disorder. Born in Islington, London, Sims was the son of a costume manufacturer. Initially apprenticed in the drapery business,"
"Sydney Curnow Vosper Sydney Curnow Vosper RWS, RWA (29 October 1866 – 10 July 1942) was an English painter and etcher of landscapes and figure subjects. His later work has a close association with Wales and Brittany. His most famous work is ""Salem"" (1908), which shows an old woman in the Welsh national costume, with Welsh hat and shawl, attending a service at Salem Baptist Chapel, Pentre Gwynfryn. Vosper was born in Stonehouse, Plymouth in 1866 to Samuel, a brewer, and Eleanor Vosper. He attend a school in Somerset and Plymouth College. Following this he spent three years as an"
"photograph reproduced by kind permission of the Estate of Edmund Blampied."" ""All published in the UK unless otherwise noted."" Edmund Blampied Edmund Blampied (30 March 1886 – 26 August 1966) was one of the most eminent artists to come from the Channel Islands, yet he received no formal training in art until he was 16 years old. He was noted mostly for his etchings and drypoints published at the height of the print boom in the 1920s during the etching revival, but was also a lithographer, caricaturist, cartoonist, book illustrator and artist in oils, watercolours, silhouettes and bronze. Edmund Blampied"
"occasionally rustic figures: but his best works were coast scenes, introducing boats and figures, some of which were from sketches in the Netherlands, France, and on the Rhine. An example of his work, ""Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, with Luggers on the Beach"", is in the South Kensington Museum. A ""View of Dort"" has been engraved after him by William Miller. He died at Liverpool in July 1834. Samuel Austin (artist) Samuel Austin (died 1834), was an English water-colour painter. Austin was a native of Liverpool. He commenced life as a banker's clerk, but eventually gave up a good position in order"
"received commissions from the local gentry and merchants, however it was Burdett who founded a Society of Artists in 1769 in Liverpool and became its first president. ""Academy by Lamplight"", a 1768–69 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby is thought to be of Burdett's academy. The first British aquatint artist is thought to be Burdett, who exhibited these first aquatints in 1772. Burdett brushed acid direct on to an aquatint ground, only using varnish to stop-off large areas of a single tone. His technique appears to have been novel and was different from early methods developed in France. Burdett published"
"Samuel Walters Samuel Walters (1811 - 1882) was an English maritime artist, considered to be the most enduring figures of the Liverpool School of Marine Art. His father, Miles Walters, was also a (less notable) maritime artist. He was born in London and moved to Liverpool, where he was well known. His work was also popular in North America. Samuel Walters was born in London. His father was also a maritime artist and while he taught Samuel, Samuel was largely self-taught. Samuel moved to Liverpool and began to exhibit work in 1830. He became a member of the Liverpool Academy"
"Charles Tricks Bowring and grandson of Benjamin Bowring and brother of Charles R. Bowring of Newfoundland. Sir William Bowring, 1st Baronet Sir William Benjamin Bowring, 1st Baronet (13 February 1837 – 20 October 1916), was a British shipowner, local politician and benefactor. Bowring was a senior partner of C. T. Bowring & Company, shipowners, and served as Lord Mayor of Liverpool between 1893 and 1894. He gave Bowring Park, Knowsley, to the city of Liverpool in 1906 and was created a baronet, of Beechwood in the Parish of Grassendale in the County Palatine of Lancaster, on 23 July 1907. He"
"Richard Phillips (English painter) Richard Phillips or Philips (1681–1741) was a British portrait painter. Phillips was born in London. His portrait of Edmond Halley (1656-1742) hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, and his portrait of William Lowndes (1652-1724) hangs in the Bank of England. He also painted John Bennet, 1st Baron Ossulston (1616-1698), Elizabeth Cromwell (1650-1731) Oliver Cromwell’s granddaughter (the daughter of Richard Cromwell and Dorothy Mayor), and Sir Thomas Palmer, 4th Baronet, of Wingham (1682-1723)). Mezzotints and engravings after him of Daniel Waterland (1683-1740), Bishop Thomas Wilson (1663-1755), and Mrs Mary Anne Granville are also in the National Portrait"
"London, where he died in 1926. Philip Burne-Jones Sir Philip William Burne-Jones, 2nd Baronet (1 October 1861 – 21 June 1926) was the first child of the British Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir Edward Burne-Jones and his wife Georgiana Macdonald. He became a well-known painter in his own right, producing more than 60 paintings, including portraits, landscapes, and poetic fantasies. He was born in London, England in 1861 and was educated at Marlborough College. He attended Oxford University for two years, but dropped out. To appease his parents over this failure, he agreed to take lessons in painting in London. Philip did"
"information for him. Carling's life and times are celebrated annually in his birthplace Liverpool, England, with The James Carling International Pavement Art Competition. This takes place on Bold Street, the very street where, as James Carling puts it, ""I not only could not draw in that street, I could not walk in it” From his unpublished Autobiography James William Carling James William Carling (31 December 1857 – 9 July 1887) was a pavement artist from Liverpool, England. Carling was born on 31 December 1857 at 38 Addison Street, Liverpool. His parents Henry and Rose had been married in Roscommon, Ireland,"