1842 in art
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[edit] Events
- Richard Dadd becomes mentally ill during a tour of the Middle East and is thought to be suffering from sunstroke.
- Construction work resumes on Cologne Cathedral, after a gap of nearly three centuries.
- William Fox Talbot receives the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society.
- George R. Lewis records the famous carvings at Kilpeck church, Herefordshire.
[edit] Works
[edit] Births
- February 6 - Paul Sébillot, painter and author
- September 6 - Flaxman Charles John Spurrell, photographer
- November 29 - William Blake Richmond, painter and interior decorator
- date unknown - William Anderson, collector of Japanese art
[edit] Deaths
- March 30 - Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, painter
- July 28 - John Sell Cotman, painter of the Norwich School
- November 17 - John Varley, watercolour painter
