John Mogford (1821– 2 November 1885) was an English landscape painter. Picturesque Europe13

Life

Grave of John Mogford in Highgate Cemetery

Mogford's background was in

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. He studied at the

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Government School of Design, and then exhibited at the

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and Suffolk Street Gallery. He lived in

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, and became a member of the Institute of Painters in Watercolours, where he was known for his Cornish landscapes.''Records of the manor, parish, and borough of Hampstead, in the county of London, to December 31st, 1889'' (1890)
p. 397 Mogford taught at the

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art school, where his pupils included Emily Mary Osborn. He married a daughter of

Francis Danby Francis Danby (16 November 1793 – 9 February 1861) was an Irish painter of the Romantic era. His imaginative, dramatic landscapes were comparable to those of John Martin. Danby initially developed his imaginative style while he was the centr ...

. He died on the 2nd November 1885 and was buried on the eastern side of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mogford, John 1821 births 1885 deaths Burials at Highgate Cemetery 19th-century English painters English landscape painters English male painters English watercolourists Landscape artists Members of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 19th-century English male artists