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Overview of the events of 1794 in art
Events from the year 1794 in art .
Events
English painter
Thomas Birch comes to the United States to assist his artist father,
William Birch , in preparing a 29-plate collection of engravings entitled Birch's Views of Philadelphia , eventually published in 1799.
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Works
William Blake - The Ancient of Days (1794), watercolour etching
Births
Paul Sandby – A View of Vinters at Boxley, Kent, with Mr. Whatman's Turkey Paper Mills (1794),
gouache and
watercolour painting on
Whatman
wove paper
March 26 –
Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld ,
German painter (died
1872 )
May 13 –
Louis Léopold Robert ,
Swiss painter (died
1835 )
June 3 –
William Charles Ross ,
British painter of
historical paintings ,
miniatures and
portraits (died
1860 )
June 23 –
Franz Nadorp , German painter who primarily worked and lived in Rome (died
1876 )
July 24 –
Robert William Sievier ,
English
engraver ,
sculptor and
inventor (died
1865 )
August 29 –
Léon Cogniet , French historical and portrait painter (died
1880 )
September 17 –
Henry Wyatt , English portrait painter (died
1840 )
September 30 –
Carl Joseph Begas , German historical painter (died
1854 )
October –
Thomas Griffiths Wainewright , English painter, art critic, forger and probable serial poisoner (died
1847 )
October 19 –
Charles Robert Leslie , English
genre painter (died
1859 )
November 19 –
James Stark ,
English painter (died
1859 )
December 31 –
Samuel Jackson , English watercolour and oil painter (died
1869 )
date unknown
Deaths
References