William Anslow Thornbery aka William Thornley (

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1858 – 1898) was an

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, mainly of coastal scenes. He is generally identified with an artist signing as William A. Thornbery, and sometimes with the artist signing William A. Thornbury in the 1880s. Close in style to Hubert Thornley, who also painted coastal scenes, he was possibly related.Biography
at Haynes Fine Art William Thornley - A Misty Morning on the Thames.jpg, ''A Misty Morning on the Thames'' William Thornley - 4.jpg, ''The Medway below Rochester''

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19th-century births 1898 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters British marine artists 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub