James Francis Danby
James Francis Danby was an English landscape art, landscape painter who excelled in depicting sunrise and sunset. Biography Danby was born at Bristol in 1816, the son of Francis Danby, Royal Academy, A.R.A. His works appeared at the Royal Academy, and at the Royal Society of British Artists, Society of British Artists, of which latter he was a member. Amongst his best works are: * ''Loch Lomond''. * ''Dover, from the Canterbury Road''. 1849. * ''Dumbarton Rock''. 1854. * ''Morning on the Thames''. 1860. * ''Wreck on Exmouth Bar''. 1861. * ''Carrickfergus Castle''. 1867. * ''North Shields: Sunrise''. 1869. He died of apoplexy in London in 1875 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery. The inscription on the headstone above his plot (no.20952) has completely worn away. References

* 1816 births 1875 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery English landscape painters Artists from Bristol {{England-painter-stub ...
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