Sir James Thornhill (25 July 1675 or 1676 – 4 May 1734) was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was...
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Longman and Flightcrank. Thornhill was born in Barking but raised in Rayne near Braintree in Essex, and grew up as a football and James Brown fan.[citation...
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continues through the great portico into the hall, its ceiling painted by James Thornhill with the Duke's apotheosis, then on under a great triumphal arch, through...
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College, Greenwich, London. This Wren building was painted by Sir James Thornhill, the first British born painter to be knighted and is a classic example...
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North by Northwest (redirect from Roger Thornhill)
Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall James Mason as Phillip Vandamm Jessie Royce Landis as Clara Thornhill Leo G. Carroll as The...
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Royal Naval College, Greenwich, contains an allegorical painting by James Thornhill, Peace and Liberty Triumphing Over Tyranny (1708–1716), depicting King...
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society visitors four shillings to see him, and the King's painter James Thornhill painted his portrait. Several prominent people sent a petition to King...
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opened in November 1724, which was run by Sir James Thornhill, serjeant painter to the king. On Thornhill, Hogarth later claimed that, even as an apprentice...
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Hanover in 1708. As the senior Protestant descendant of his great-grandfather James VI and I, George inherited the British throne following the deaths in 1714...
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Isabella Brant (drawing) (section Sir James Thornhill)
Brant. There is no collector mark for Sir James Thornhill (1675 or 1676–1734) found on the drawing. James Thornhill was a painter of the Italianate baroque...
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architect was Giacomo Leoni, initially assisted by the painter Sir James Thornhill. Leoni refaced the house with Portland stone and added a great Corinthian...
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Mary II (category Children of James II of England)
1685 and James became king, making Mary heir presumptive. James's attempts at rule by decree and the birth of his son from a second marriage, James Francis...
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of Pan included in the volume are by the artists Giorgio Ghisi, Sir James Thornhill, Bernard Picart, Agostino Veneziano, Vincenzo Cartari, and Giovanni...
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categorised them into four types. In 1717, and probably with Newton's help, James Stirling proved that every cubic was one of these four types. Newton also...
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had worked with Edward James in the 1930s at Monkton House. It contains murals by the artist Sir James Thornhill. "Thornhill House, including gates,...
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William III and Mary II receive the olive branch from Peace. Painting by James Thornhill, c.1700, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich George I farthing, 1719...
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sell his work for many years. She was born Jane Thornhill circa 1709, the daughter of James Thornhill, a prominent painter at the time, and his wife Judith...
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conceptual artist, founded in Paris in 2004 by Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill, an Italian-British artist duo who declared themselves her assistants...
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Sir Isaac Newton painted by James Thornhill, 1709–1715. Note T-shaped cut without a shoulder seam....
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George IV (category Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint James of the Sword)
political conservative, was also alienated by the prince's adherence to Charles James Fox and other radically inclined politicians. Soon after he reached the...
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Collection also has a set of the tapestries. A set of copies painted by Sir James Thornhill have been owned by Columbia University since 1959, and another is in...
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Chapel), has replaced clear glass. The north rose window was designed by James Thornhill and made by Joshua Price in 1722; it shows Christ, the apostles (without...
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places also called Thornhill. Alan Thornhill (1921–2020), English sculptor Arthur Thornhill (1850–1930), English politician Batt Thornhill (1911–1970), Irish...
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Wimpole Estate (category James Gibbs buildings)
Yellow Drawing Room 1793 by Sir John Soane The chapel by James Gibbs with murals by Sir James Thornhill completed 1724 The Plunge Bath c.1792 by Sir John Soane...
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Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022. James Thornhill (20 December 2019). "Melt Banana: 25 years of sonic otherness". loudersound...
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Painted Hall, this was painted by James Thornhill, and the Chapel of St Peter and St Paul, with an interior designed by James 'Athenian' Stuart. The Naval...
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advanced Whig. He was forced to retire to Chatsworth during the reign of King James II. This called for rebuilding the house, which began in 1687. Cavendish...
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coronation ceremony since. The words to Zadok the Priest are taken from the King James Bible. In 1728, John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, which made fun of the type...
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visible from Greenwich, with drawings made in the Rococo style by James Thornhill. It also presents two planispheres designed by Abraham Sharp. The first...
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worked with Antonio Verrio, and then on his own. He rivalled with Sir James Thornhill in the field of history painting, primarily decorating the great houses...
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