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John William Edy (1760 – 1820) was an
''Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway''
full version at the Norwegian National Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Edy, John William 1760 births 1820 deaths 18th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English painters Landscape artists 19th-century English male artists 18th-century English male artists
John William Edy (1760 – 1820) was an English
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painter. He worked for the publisher John Boydell
John Boydell (; 19 January 1720 (New Style) – 12 December 1804) was a British publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated a British tradition i ...
in London
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, often anonymously. In the summer of 1800 Edy visited Norway on an assignment for Boydell together with the landscape painter William Fearnside. They were in Norway from July 31 and until the end of September the same year.
Edy made numerous drawings from the trip, among them drawings of Ny-Hellesund which was the place the two artists arrived at in Norway. In Norway he is also known for his drawings of Christiania and Moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
. Boydells ''Picturesque Scenerey of Norway'' was published in London in 1820.
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''Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway''
full version at the Norwegian National Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Edy, John William 1760 births 1820 deaths 18th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English painters Landscape artists 19th-century English male artists 18th-century English male artists