William Green (1760–1823) was an English artist, poet, writer, and
landscape painter
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, who made images mainly of the
Lake District, determined to make them "adhere as faithfully as possible to nature." His
biographer
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Biographers
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, Charles Roeder, stated: "his novel method is notable, as the artists have all a conventional and uniform style in regard to the representation of
mountains. Those of Mr Green are veritable mountains; he says that he knows their anatomy and he is undoubtedly right."
In 1819, Green completed a major work, ''The Tourist's New Guide to the Lake District.'' But he became troubled, and by 1820 his constitution was weakened.
His daughter, Elizabeth, married
Walter H Mayson, a famous
British
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violin
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maker.
References
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External links
William Greenon the Armitt Website
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1760 births
1823 deaths
18th-century British painters
British male painters
19th-century British painters
19th-century British male artists