View from the south side of King George's Sound

John Byrne (1786–1847) was an English painter and engraver. He came from a family of artists and he lived with his sister Elizabeth Byrne who also exhibited her landscapes.

Life

He was the only son of engraver William Byrne and followed his father's profession in the arts. After his father's death in 1805, he moved to 54 John Street, London. He had four sisters who were all talented artists including Elizabeth Byrne who lived with him. Elizabeth exhibited her own landscapes starting in 1838. The views were of foreign as well as British locations. She created six steel engravings for

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's "Modern Athens". This was published in 1829. Her last known work to be exhibited was in 1849. He provided sets of engravings for

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's works on cathedrals. Byrne around 1818 was drawing-master at

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. He subsequently concentrated on

landscape A landscape is the visible features of an area of land, its landforms, and how they integrate with natural or man-made features, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.''New Oxford American Dictionary''. A landscape includes the ...

painting in watercolours; his sister Mary and her son were also painters. His work is included in Cadell and Davies' ''

Britannia depicta ''Britannia Depicta'' was an illustrated road atlas for Britain. It was printed in numerous editions over many decades from 1720 into the 19th century and updated with engravings by many artisans who worked from drawings of other artists. It feat ...

''. He sent pictures to the exhibitions of the Water-Colour Society and the

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; and spent some years (about 1832–37) in Italy. He died in 1847. In the

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are: *''The Ferry at Twickenham'' (exhibited in 1830). *''Italian Landscape, with Monastery''. Farington Matlock church 13032

References

;Attribution 1786 births 1847 deaths English watercolourists English landscape painters English engravers {{England-painter-stub