• John Astley (24 June 1724 – 14 November 1787) was an English portrait painter and amateur architect, known for his "patronage among a vast circle of fashion"...
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  • John Astley, 2nd Baronet, of Pateshull (1687–1772), Member of Parliament (MP) for Shrewsbury 1727–1734 and Shropshire 1734–1772 John Astley (painter)...
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  • Delaval Astley (1860–1925), painter Sir Isaac Astley (died 1659), English baronet Jack Astley (1909–1984), English football right back Jacob Astley (disambiguation)...
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    poisoned by his brother-in-law, Whig politician Thomas Gisborne. Astley's father, John Astley, came from a modest family in Shropshire, but travelled to Rome...
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    John Theodore Heins (c. 1697–1756) was a painter and engraver, probably of German birth, but active in Great Britain. He settled in Norwich and by 1720...
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    landlord, William Mitford. Sherwin was sent to study in London, first under John Astley, and then for three years under Francesco Bartolozzi – for whom he is...
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    John H. Wilson RBA (1774 in Ayr – 1855 in Folkestone) was a Scottish landscape and marine painter, president of the Society of British Artists in 1827...
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    to their lives. This type of Cavalier was personified by Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading, whose prayer at the start of the Battle of Edgehill...
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    which ripened to so great maturity." Astley's father, John Astley, had eked out a living as a professional painter for many years before marrying a wealthy...
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  • "Mammoth" and "Feel". The album cover features a painting by American painter John Brosio of a giant crab terrorizing a parking lot. When asked about the...
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    Rhoda Delaval (redirect from Rhoda Astley)
    Rhoda Delaval Astley (1 July 1725 – 1757) was an English aristocrat and artist. She was married to Edward Astley, with whom she had a daughter and three...
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    pottery burial urn from this period was discovered in 1963 on land next to Astley Hall Farm and later excavation in the 1970s revealed another burial urn...
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  • January – BBC One sees in the New Year with the concert Rick Astley Rocks New Year's Eve. Rick Astley is joined by various guests, including Rylan Clark with...
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    Dukinfield Astley and his Harriers, by R. Woodman, 1809; Sir Teddy, mezzotint by Charles Turner, 1808; Sancho, a pointer belonging to Sir John Shelley,...
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    to the east) by the artist John Astley. Astley lived at no. 81 himself, and constructed a studio on the roof. In 1781 Astley was succeeded by a Scottish...
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  • protect the town and post of Fort Scott from Confederate forces Insley-Astley syndrome or Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia, an autosomal recessive...
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    David Cox (artist) (category English landscape painters)
    impresario Philip Astley and moved to London, taking lodgings in 16 Bridge Row, Lambeth. Although he was unable to get employment at Astley's Amphitheatre...
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  • revolutionary Achille Zavatta – French clown Félix Ziem – French painter France portal "Who is Philip Astley". "French TV Animator Bruno Bianchi Passes Away". Animation...
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    Balenciaga's Fall/Winter 2007 show impressed Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Amy Astley so much that an entire spread in the magazine, titled "Global Studies" and...
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  • version (LP1 is blue and LP2 is yellow). Both discs have been mastered by Jon Astley at Close To The Edge and cut at half speed by Miles Showell at the Abbey...
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    friends, family and the media. Following her death in April 2014, Neil Astley published an obituary and then an article in the Guardian, followed by his...
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    Isaacs Menken (June 15, 1835 – August 10, 1868) was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best...
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    Cedric Morris (category Welsh male painters)
    National Museum Cardiff Lucian Freud, 1941, Tate Britain Heron, 1941, Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, Tameside Peregrine Falcons, 1942, Tate Britain Iris...
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    warehouse also occupied by sculptors, painters and film makers. He produced some demo recordings for Virginia Astley's first album From Gardens Where We Feel...
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    High-mettled Racer, adapted as a pantomime from his father's play, £18,000 at Astley's. Dibdin was prompter and pantomime writer at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane...
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    was incapacitated until 28 March 1814, when he underwent an operation by Astley Cooper on his bladder to remove a fistula. For the first time since his...
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    Ducrow, the "Father of British circus equestrianism" and proprietor of Astley's Amphitheatre.) It appeared in London in 1831. Over the next several years...
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    Henry William Pickersgill (category 19th-century English painters)
    Hannah More, 1821 George Murray, 1825 Sir Jacoby Astley, 1826 Lady Astley, 1826 Michael Faraday, 1826 John Poole, 1827 Jeremy Bentham, 1829 William Godwin...
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    society painter. Streatfeild introduced him to Mrs Astley Cooper and her high society friends. Streatfeild died from tuberculosis in 1915, but Mrs Astley Cooper...
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    she married in 1858 Sir John Dugdale Astley, 3rd Baronet. She inherited Elsham Hall in 1868 and so brought the house to the Astley family. Their eldest son...
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