Dockyard Fire, 1840, by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook LLR NELMS A 141-001

Thomas Lyde Hornbrook (May 6, 1807 – August 17, 1855) was a British marine artist. He was the eldest son of Richards Lyde Hornbrook, who was an officer in the

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stationed in

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. He exhibited in the

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(1836 and 1844) and around 1833 became marine painter to the

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and her daughter

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.and American Gunboats in Action on Lake Borgne, 14 December 1814'' among 7 paintings by Thomas Lyde Hornbrook at collections.rmg.co.uk
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19th-century British painters British male painters British marine artists 1850 deaths Year of birth uncertain 1807 births 19th-century British male artists {{UK-painter-18thC-stub