Hugh O'Neill (artist)
| Hugh O'Neill | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1784 Bloomsbury, London |
| Died | 1824 |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Architectural drawing, Watercolour |
Hugh O'Neill (1784–1824) was an English architectural and antiquarian draughtsman who contributed 441 drawings of scenes from Bristol, England to the topographical collection of George Weare Braikenridge.[1] The Braikenridge Collection makes Bristol's early 19th century appearance one of the best documented of any English city.[2][3]
O'Neill was born in Bloomsbury, London on 20 April 1784, the son of Jeremiah O'Neill, an architect. He exhibited at the Royal Academy during 1800–04.[1][4] He was a drawing master at Oxford and Edinburgh, then moved to Bath in 1813.[5]
In 1821 he settled in Bristol and worked almost exclusively thereafter for George Weare Braikenridge. Most of the commissioned works were in monochrome wash.[1][4] Some of his surviving drawings suggest that he also undertook commissions for architectural alterations. He does not seem to have participated in the activities of the Bristol School of artists.[5]
He died in Bristol on 7 April 1824.[4]
The Braikenridge Collection is in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery.[6] Some of O'Neill's early drawings are in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Stoddard, Sheena (2001). Bristol before the Camera: The City in 1820–30. Bristol: Redcliffe. pp. 107–108. ISBN 1-900178-68-0.
- ↑ Gomme, A.; Jenner, M.; Little, B. (1979). Bristol: an architectural history. London: Lund Humphries. p. 11. ISBN 0-85331-409-8.
- ↑ Foyle, Andrew (2004). Pevsner Architectural Guide, Bristol. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-300-10442-1.
- 1 2 3 Matthew, H.C.G.; Harrison, Brian (2004). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 41. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 846. ISBN 0-19-861391-1.
- 1 2 Greenacre, Francis (1973). The Bristol School of Artists: Francis Danby and Painting in Bristol 1810–1840 (exhibition catalogue). Bristol: City Art Gallery, Bristol. p. 255.
- ↑ Stoddard, Sheena (2001). Bristol before the Camera: The City in 1820–30. Bristol: Redcliffe. p. 5. ISBN 1-900178-68-0.