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Thornhill, James (English painter, 1675-1734)
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Note: Possibly born in Woolland. Thornhill is considered one of the most important English exponents of Baroque decorative painting. He specialized in large-scale, illusionistic wall and ceiling paintings, although he occasionally worked in other genres as various as portraiture, illustration, and ceramic decoration. He was the first English-born artist to be knighted. |
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Thornhill, James (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA) |
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James Thornhill (V,display) |
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Thornhill, Sir James (V) |
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Sir James Thornhill (V) |
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Chev. Jacq. Thornhill (V) |
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Sir Jas. Thornhill (V) |
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Sir T. Thornhill (V) |
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Thornhill, Sir (V) |
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Thornhill, James, Sir (V) |
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Thornhill, James (Sir) (U) |
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Thornhill, Sir James, &c. (LU,U) |
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Thornhill, Sir Jas. &c. (LU,U) |
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Tornhill (LU,U) |
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Sir I. Thornhill (LU,U) |
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Sir Jas. Thornhill, &c. (LU,U) |
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Sir J. Thornhill (LU,U) |
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Sir. J. Thornhill (LU,U) |
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S.J. Thornhill (LU,U) |
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Sr James Thornhill (LU,U) |
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S.r Jam. Thornhill (LU,U) |
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Nationalities: |
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British (modern) (preferred) |
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English |
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artist (preferred) |
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painter |
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draftsman |
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decorative artist |
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ceiling painter |
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portraitist |
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court artist |
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illustrator |
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designer |
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teacher |
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architect |
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etcher |
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decorative painter |
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director (administrator) |
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Related People or Corporate Bodies: |
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apprentice of .... |
Highmore, Thomas |
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(English painter, 1660-1720) [500075875] |
apprentice was .... |
Hogarth, William |
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(English painter and engraver, 1697-1764) [500004242] |
parent by marriage (in-law) of .... |
Hogarth, William |
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(English painter and engraver, 1697-1764) [500004242] |
parent of .... |
Thornhill, John |
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(British painter, active 1730-1760) [500015387] |
related to (familial) .... |
Highmore, Thomas |
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(English painter, 1660-1720) [500075875] |
student of .... |
Laguerre, Louis |
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(French painter, 1663-1721, active in Great Britain) [500012289] |
student of .... |
Verrio, Antonio |
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(Italian painter, ca. 1639-1707, active in England) [500015643] |
teacher of .... |
Ellys, John |
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(English painter, 1700 or 1701-1757) [500006470] |
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Biographies:
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(English painter, 1675-1734) ..... [VP Preferred]
(English painter, 1675-1734) ..... [BHA]
(British painter, 1675-1734) ..... [PROV]
(British artist, 1675-1734) ..... [WCI]
(British, 1675-1734) ..... [GRLPA]
(British artist, 1676-1734) ..... [WCP]
(British artist, 1675-1734) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(British painter (artist), 1675-1734) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(British artist, 1675-1734) ..... [AVERY]
(English painter, 1675-1734) ..... [Grove Art]
(British artist, 1675-1734) ..... [PROV]
(English architect, 1675-1734) ..... [RKD]
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Additional Names: |
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S.r J. Thornhill (LU,U) |
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Thornhil (LU,U) |
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Thornhill (LU,U) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Subject: ........ | [AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRLPA, Grove Art, PROV, RKD, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld] |
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Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
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Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n50012868
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Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1989-)
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules
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Grove Art artist database (1989-)
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Grove Art Online (2003-2008) accessed 28 Apr 2004
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Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 30 May 2002, 28 Apr 2004
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Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n50012868
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RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
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RKD Artists database (2000-) 77320
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Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986)
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ULAN500010779
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Wikidata online (2000-) Q1681192
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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