British watercolour painter, 1773-1845 Related Paintings of Paul Sandby Munn :. | Arrival of the Duke of Alba at Rotterdam in 1567 | A Concert | Portrat des Johann Friedrich, Kurfurst von Sachsen | Mount Sinai | The Meeting of St Erasmus and St Maurice (mk08) | Related Artists:
Clifford Warren AshleyAuthor, Sailor, and Artist
American
1881-1947
was an American author, sailor, and artist. He is perhaps most famous for The Ashley Book of Knots, an encyclopedic reference manual with directions for and illustrations of thousands of knots. He invented the Ashley's stopper knot. Ashley also wrote The Yankee Whaler, a study of sperm whale hunters in New England in the late 18th century and early 19th century. He was born in New Bedford,
Fujishima takeji1866 - 1929
KNELLER, Sir GodfreyGerman-born English Baroque Era Painter, 1646-1723
English painter and draughtsman of German birth. He was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th century and the early 18th, and, as such, the chief recorder of court society for almost 40 years. He popularized the kit-cat format for portraits and was also the founding governor in 1711 of the first proper academy of art in England. His older brother Johann [John] Zachary Kneller (b L?beck, 1642; d London, 1702), with whom he was close, was also a painter; his works include watercolour miniatures and still-lifes,