James Francis Danby
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James Francis Danby (1816-1875) was an English landscape painter who excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset.
Biography
Danby was born at Bristol in 1816, the son of Francis Danby, A.R.A.
His works appeared at the Royal Academy, and at the Society of British Artists, of which he was a member of the latter. Amongst his best works are:
- Loch Lomond.
- Dover, from the Canterbury Road. 1849.
- Dumbarton Rock. 1854.
- Morning on the Thames. 1860.
- Wreck on Exmouth Bar. 1861.
- Carrickfergus Castle. 1867.
- North Shields: Sunrise. 1869.
He died of apoplexy in London in 1875 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. The inscription on the headstone above his plot (no.20952) has completely worn away.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Danby, James Francis". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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