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Justly Watson
Justly Watson (–1757) was an English army officer and military engineer in the British Army, rising to the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers. He served beside his father Jonas Watson, an officer in the Royal Artillery, at the Thirteenth siege of Gibraltar, Siege of Gibraltar in 1727. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1732, served at Cartagena, Colombia, Carthagena, and in the futile attempt on Captaincy General of Cuba, Cuba, in 1741, and the attack on History of Panama (to 1821)#Eighteenth century, Panama in 1742. He was stationed at Colony of Jamaica, Jamaica from 1742 to 1744, surveyed Darién Province, Darien and Spanish Florida, Florida in 1743, and served in the Raid on Lorient, descent on Brittany in 1746. He was appointed chief engineer in the Medway Division in 1748, and reported on the West African stations from 1755 to 1756. He was stationed in History of Nova Scotia#18th century, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland Colony, Newfoundland in 1757, and died ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartholomew Dandridge (artist)
Bartholomew Dandridge (1691 – c. 1754) was an English portrait painter. Life According to Horace Walpole, Dandridge was the son of a house-painter. He studied at Sir Godfrey Kneller's academy of painting and later at the St Martin's Lane Academy. He had a career as a fashionable portrait painter in London for more than forty years, working in a style similar to that of John Vanderbank. In 1732, he was commissioned by Lord Barington to paint a portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales on horseback. In 1733, he moved to 55, Great Queen Street, which had formed part of the house of Sir Godfrey Kneller until his death two years before. He played a part in the development of the conversation piece, making groups of model figures to judge effects of light and shade. His portraits of the historian Nathaniel Hooke and of Frederick, Prince of Wales are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, as is another painting by Dandridge, believed to be of William Kent. The colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
