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    John Opie RA (16 May 1761 – 9 April 1807) was an English historical and portrait painter. He painted many great men and women of his day, including members...
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  • Schoolmistress is the name of two paintings from 1784 by the British artist John Opie. Both versions show the schoolmistress with five boys and a cat, are oil...
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    Amelia Opie (née Alderson; 12 November 1769 – 2 December 1853) was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic period up to 1828. A...
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  • Force general Alan Opie (born 1945), British baritone singer Amelia Opie (1769–1853), English author; the wife of John Opie Catherine Opie (born 1961), American...
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    Opie and Anthony was an American radio show hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes and Anthony Cumia that aired from March 1995 to July 2014, with comedian Jim...
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  • Harry "Opie" Winston is a fictional character on the FX television series Sons of Anarchy, played by Ryan Hurst. He is a member of the Sons of Anarchy...
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    In the 1790s, William and his friends John Opie - who had painted the Duke's portrait - and his wife Amelia Opie were regular guests at Earlham Hall, the...
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    He settled in practice at Truro, where he discovered the talents of John Opie, and assisted him. In 1780 Wolcot went to London and began writing satires...
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    catalogue of the paintings of the Cornish artist John Opie, Opie and His Works. It included a short biography. John Enys was a collaborator in this work, and...
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    watercolour portraits. He became a friend of John Wolcot who would also encourage the talents of portraitist John Opie, for many years Bone's neighbour in Berners...
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    Catherine Sue Opie (born 1961) is an American fine art photographer and educator. She lives and works in Los Angeles, as a professor of photography at...
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    Beetham, painting silhouette portraits in the 1790s. She studied under John Opie and exhibited her works at the Royal Academy of Arts between 1794 and...
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  • at Earlham Hall in the 1790s, as was fellow abolitionist Amelia Opie whose husband John had painted the Duke's portrait. Louisa and Richenda Gurney wrote...
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    VI, part 1, Act II, scene 3 by Robert Thew after John Opie Henry VI, part 1, Act II, scene 4 by John Ogborne after Josiah Boydell Henry VI, part 1, Act...
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    trackway linking East Anglia to the Chilterns, may be named after the Iceni. John A. Davies and Tony Gregory conducted archaeological surveys of Roman coins...
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    Fawdonsyde, son-in-law of John Knox William Tweedie of Drumelzier Adam Tweedie of Dreva with the preachers; John Knox and John Craig. On 19 March, the Privy...
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    time as the "King's Evil" because it was thought royalty could cure it. Sir John Floyer, former physician to King Charles II, recommended that the young Johnson...
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    Compound Media, which he founded. Along with Gregg "Opie" Hughes, he was the co-host of the Opie and Anthony radio show, which aired from 1995 to 2014...
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    father John Owen was a wealthy shipping agent from Portsmouth. Owen first aspired to be a painter, and was apprenticed to the Cornish artist John Opie (1761–1807)...
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    with Jonathan Pryce as Timon, Norman Rodway as Apemantus, John Welsh as Flavius, and John Shrapnel as Alcibiades, with Diana Dors as Timandra, Tony Jay...
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    She was the second of the seven children of Elizabeth Dixon and Edward John Wollstonecraft. Although her family had a comfortable income when she was...
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    pupils. In 1796 Howard married and They had two sons, Robert Howard and John Eliot Howard, who were ultimately to take over their father's chemical manufacturing...
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    John Newton Opie (March 13, 1844 – January 26, 1906) was an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate. His autobiography "A Rebel...
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    figure in the collections include Titian, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and John Opie. The collection of artifacts is lavish but random; genuinely valuable...
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  • Hungarian drama film The Schoolmistress (painting), a 1784 painting by John Opie The Schoolmistress (Wednesday Theatre), a 1967 Australian TV play based...
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    remains the work of Iona and Peter Opie. Many nursery rhymes have been argued to have hidden meanings and origins. John Bellenden Ker Gawler (1764–1842)...
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    aunt and housekeeper, Bee Taylor (Frances Bavier) and Andy's young son, Opie (Ron Howard). The townspeople round out the regular cast. Regarding the tone...
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    Wright of Derby (English, 1734–1797) George Romney (English, 1734–1802) John Opie (English, 1761–1807) Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769–1830) Canaletto (Italian...
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    implies to the audience that these details should not be taken too seriously. John A. Pitcher argues in the Arden Shakespeare Third Series edition (2010) that...
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    private collection. John Opie, oils, 1780–1783, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Ezekiel Abraham Ezekiel, engraving, after Opie, Royal Albert Museum...
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