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Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Watercolours (mk47)
Painting ID:: 26130
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Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Watercolours (mk47)
1834
V & A Images
1834
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Old and New London Bridges as they appeared in December 1831 (mk47)
Painting ID:: 26131
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Old and New London Bridges as they appeared in December 1831 (mk47)
NWS 1834
Watercolour and bodycolour
500x680mm
Guildhall Library,Corporation of London
NWS_1834
Watercolour_and_bodycolour
500x680mm
Guildhall_Library,Corporation_of_London
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Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colurs,Old Bond Street
Painting ID:: 28161
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Interior of the Gallery of the New Society of Painters in Water Colurs,Old Bond Street
1814
1834
Watercolour 29.6 x 36.9cm (11 5/8 x 14 1/2in)
Victoria and Albert Museum London (mk63)
1814
1834
Watercolour_29.6_x_36.9cm_(11_5/8_x_14_1/2in)
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George Scharf
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1820-1895
British art critic, was born in London, the son of George Scharf, a Bavarian miniature painter who settled in England in 1816 and died in 1860. He studied in the schools of the Royal Academy. In 1840 he accompanied Sir Charles Fellows to Asia Minor, and in 1843 acted as draughtsman to a government expedition to the same country. After his return he devoted himself with great industry and success to the illustration of books relating to art and antiquity, of which the best known are Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome (1847); Milman's Horace, (1849); Kugler's Handbook of Italian Painting (1851); and Dr Smith's classical dictionaries. He also engaged largely in lecturing and teaching, and took part in the formation of the Greek, Roman and Pompeian courts at the Crystal Palace. He acted as art secretary to the great Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857, and in that year was appointed secretary and director to the newly founded National Portrait Gallery. The remainder of his life was given to the care of that institution. Scharf acquired an unrivalled knowledge of all matters relating to historic portraiture, and was the author of many learned essays on the subject. In 1885 |
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