James Francis Danby

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James Francis Danby, an English landscape painter, the son of Francis Danby, A.R.A., was born at Bristol in 1816. His works appeared at the Royal Academy, and at the Society of British Artists, of which latter he was a member. He died of apoplexy in London in 1875. He excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset. 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.

References

This article incorporates text from the article "DANBY, James Francis" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.

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Name	Danby, James Francis
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Short description	British artist
Date of birth	1816
Place of birth	Bristol
Date of death	1875
Place of death	London

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