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Francis Danby

Francis Danby

1793–1861

WA-00050362

Wexford, Ireland

Printmaking

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

12

Works in Collection

15

Assets Indexed

1

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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1981

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Artworks (12)

The Wood Nymph’s Hymn to the Rising Sun

The Wood Nymph’s Hymn to the Rising Sun

1845 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1073 x 1524 mm

The Deluge

1840 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 2845 x 4521 mm frame: 3037 x 4740 x 110 mm

The Deluge

1840 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 707 x 1099 mm frame: 845 x 1220 x 80 mm

Liensfiord, Norway: Calm

Liensfiord, Norway: Calm

1835 · Oil paint on poplar

support: 411 x 542 mm frame: 564 x 692 x 110 mm

Three Women Seated by a Wooded Lake

Three Women Seated by a Wooded Lake

1826 · watercolor and graphite

overall: 18.6 x 15.5 cm (7 5/16 x 6 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Sunset at Sea after a Storm, engraved by F.C. Lewis

Sunset at Sea after a Storm, engraved by F.C. Lewis

1826 · Mezzotint on paper

image: 189 x 305 mm

Romantic Woodland

Romantic Woodland

1824 · Watercolour, gum arabic and graphite on paper

support: 194 x 260 mm

View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity

View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity

1823 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper

Image: 22.5 × 33.4 cm (8 7/8 × 13 3/16 in.); Sheet: 25.1 × 35.8 cm (9 15/16 × 14 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Children by a Brook

Children by a Brook

1822 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 345 x 460 mm frame: 509 x 626 x 67 mm

Panorama of the Coast at Sunset

Panorama of the Coast at Sunset

1813 · brown wash with white heightening on wove paper

Overall: 13.9 x 34.1 cm (5 1/2 x 13 7/16 in.) overall: 40.6 x 55.9 cm (16 x 22 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Figures in a Landscape

Figures in a Landscape

1808 · brush and brown ink with white heightening

Sheet: 17.2 x 27.4 cm (6 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Vincent's Rocks and the Avon Gorge

Saint Vincent's Rocks and the Avon Gorge

1793 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper

overall: 19.5 x 29.9 cm (7 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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12 published of 12 catalogued · 12 with image

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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

The Deluge
1840 · Tate · 1 prov
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Liensfiord, Norway: Calm
1835 · Tate · 1 prov
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Sunset at Sea after a Storm, engraved by F.C. Lewis
1826 · Tate · 1 prov
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Romantic Woodland
1824 · Tate · 1 prov
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Children by a Brook
1822 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Wood Nymph’s Hymn to the Rising Sun
1845 · Tate · 1 prov
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Figures in a Landscape
1808 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The Deluge
1840 · Tate · 1 prov
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Images

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View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

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Art Institute of Chicago

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National Gallery of Art

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Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography

New York · 1981