William Ashford

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A prospect of Belan House, Ballitore, County Kildare, seat of the Earls of Aldborough, with cattle in the foreground, Oil on Canvas , 60.2 x 95.7 in. / 153 x 243 cm. c.1783.
A prospect of Belan House, Ballitore, County Kildare, seat of the Earls of Aldborough, with cattle in the foreground, Oil on Canvas , 60.2 x 95.7 in. / 153 x 243 cm. c.1783.

William Ashford (1746 – April 17, 1824) was a British painter who worked exclusively in Ireland.

Ashford was born in Birmingham in 1746 and arrived in Dublin in 1764 at the age of eighteen. Within three years of his arrival, Ashford was exhibiting with the Society of Artists on William Street. He spent a year in London (1789-90) where he became a member of the Society of Artists (London). He was elected President of the Irish Society of Artists in 1813, was a founding member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, becoming its first elected President in 1823.[1] In the early 1800s he painted a number of landscapes in and around Mount Merrion for Lord Fitzwilliam. It was near this time that he completed his Marino Casino, one of his finest works.[2] Ashford was among the most respected landscape painters of Ireland in his time, on par with Thomas Roberts and George Barret. The architect, James Gandon, designed his home in Sandymount, Co. Dublin.[3]

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  1. ^ [1] William Ashford at Whyte's: Biographies or Irish Art and Irish Artists. Retrieved Mar. 22, 2008.
  2. ^ Arnold, Bruce. A Concise History of Irish Art. Thames and Hudson, London. 1969. Pg 91-92. Retrieved Apr. 21, 2008.
  3. ^ Aspects of Irish Art. National Gallery of Ireland. Cahill & Co. 1974. Pg 106. Retrieved Mar. 22, 2008.
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