William Davis (1812-1873)

Aliases: William (1812) Davis; Davis of Liverpool

Professions: Painter

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  William Davis (1812 - 1873)

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  William Davis (British, 1812-1873) A Highland stream

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  William Davis of Liverpool (1812-1873) Ploughing

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  WILLIAM DAVIS (Irish, 1812-1873) Caernarvon Castle

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William Davis Biography

(b Dublin, 1812; d London, 22 April 1873). Irish painter. He was trained in Dublin and exhibited portraits at the Royal Hibernian Academy from 1833 to 1835. He was in Sheffield in 1837 and by 1846 was in Liverpool, probably drawn there by the flourishing Liverpool Academy. He exhibited at the Academy from 1842 to 1844, became a Member in 1853 and Professor of drawing from 1856 to 1859. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy in London (1851–72) and at the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition (1871–3). He turned from figure and still-life subjects of game to landscape painting c. 1853, probably persuaded by his chief patron, John Miller, and influenced by the Liverpool landscape painter Robert Tonge (1823–56) and later by the Pre-Raphaelites. During the late 1850s Davis was a member of the Hogarth Club in London.

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