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Benjamin Clayton I
Benjamin Clayton I (circa 1754 – 1814) was an Irish wood engraver. Life Benjamin Clayton I was born in Dublin around 1754. His father was a clock-maker. Clayton was married twice. He had 3 sons with his first wife, Samuel, Benjamin, and Robert, who all became engravers. He married a second time in 1812, to his servant maid, Mary Woods. He died at Ryder's Row in 1814. Clayton entered the Dublin Society Schools in 1766, and went on win prizes for "pattern drawing" in 1769 and 1770. He worked as an engraver, initially from Great Britain Street, and from 1807, 1 Ryder's Row. His work was primarily book illustrations. Examples of his work can be found in ''The Sentimental and Masonic Magazine'' in 1794 to 1795. In 1796, he engraved "View of Loughlinstown Camp" and "A View of Sarah Bridge" after J. H. Campbell for John Ferrar's ''View of Dublin''. He also etched political and other caricatures including "The City Fox running away with the Farmer's Goose". Clayton also engraved math ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Clayton
Samuel Clayton (circa 1783 - 26 June 1853) was an Irish wood engraver, miniature painter, silversmith, and portrait painter. Life in Dublin Samuel Clayton was born in Dublin around 1783. His father was wood engraver, Benjamin Clayton I. He had two younger brothers, Benjamin and Robert, who were both engravers. Clayton was married twice in Ireland, first to Jane Maguire in 1800, and then to Emma Johnson in 1807. He was trained by his father, along with his brothers. Prints by Clayton appeared in ''Anthologica Hibernica'' in 1794 and 1795. He painted miniatures as well. Life in Australia Clayton was found guilty of forgery, and was sentenced to transportation to New South Wales from Dublin for 7 years. He arrived on the Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ... i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Clayton II
Benjamin Clayton II (1786 – 17 November 1862) was an Irish wood engraver. Life Benjamin Clayton II was born in Dublin in 1786, and was baptised in St John's Church. His father was wood engraver, Benjamin Clayton I. He had two brothers, Samuel and Robert, who were both engravers. He married Eleanor Creathorne in 1808, while still living with his father on Ryder's Row. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters. All 3 sons, Benjamin, Robert, and Jeffrey Creathorne, and one of his daughters, Caroline, all became engravers. Clayton died in Ashton, County Dublin on 17 November 1862. Clayton was primarily a wood engraver, and contributed to ''Dublin Penny Journal'' and the ''Catholic Penny Magazine''. In 1820 his engraving "Wood Quay and N.E. Suburbs" appeared in Hardiman's ''History of Galway'', and "The Interior of the House of Lords as prepared for the Trial of Queen Caroline" in ''The Freeman's Journal''. The latter is possibly the first illustration in a Dublin daily newspaper aside fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Clayton (engraver)
Robert Clayton (born circa 1793) was an Irish wood engraver who engraved the first postage stamp of New South Wales. Early life and family Robert Clayton was born in Dublin circa 1793. His father was wood engraver, Benjamin Clayton I. He had two older brothers, Samuel and Benjamin, who were also engravers. Career Dublin Clayton first worked as an assistant to his father. Later working with his brother Benjamin, Clayton contributed to the ''Dublin Penny Journal'' in 1834 and 1835. Also in 1835, he engraved a series of 13 "Views of Dublin and Kingstown Railway" after Andrew Nicholl. Clayton was a drawing teacher, and worked as a polisher of cut glass decanters. Walter G. Strickland Walter G. Strickland (3 June 1850 – 26 October 1928) was an English art historian, bibliographer, and antiquary. He wrote ''A dictionary of Irish artists'' (1913). Early life and family Walter George Strickland was born at Sizergh castle, Ken ... describes Clayton as "idle and a ne'er-do-well" w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Clayton III
Benjamin Clayton III (6 January 1809 – 11 August 1883) was an Irish wood engraver and miniature painter. Life Benjamin Clayton III was born in Dublin on 6 January 1809. His parents were Benjamin Clayton II, a wood engraver, and Eleanor Creathorne. He had two younger brothers, and a sister, Caroline Millard. Clayton married Mary Graham in 1833. Both his sons, Albert Victor and Herbert Benjamin, became engravers, and his daughter, Eleanor, became an artist and writer. Clayton died of bronchitis and chronic rheumatism on 11 August 1883. He is buried at Nunhead. He studied under his father, and later became a miniature painter. Between 1834 and 1841, Clayton exhibited with the Royal Hibernian Academy. In July 1841, Clayton moved to London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline Millard
Caroline Millard (also known as Mrs Millard) (died 26 April 1894) was an Irish wood engraver. Life Caroline Millard was born Caroline Clayton in Dublin, she was the daughter of the wood engraver, Benjamin Clayton II. In 1841, she married the English cabinet-maker, Thomas Millard, who had moved to Dublin from Cheltenham in 1838. He went on to establish a photographic studio with James Simonton in 1856 on Sackville Street. He died on 6 February 1882. Millard died at her home, 10 Mount Pleasant Square, on 26 April 1894. She is buried in Mount Jerome. Her son, William Millard, became a sculptor. Her niece, by her brother Benjamin Clayton III, was the author Ellen Creathorne Clayton. She trained as an engraver under her father, and had a successful engraving business in Dublin. In 1844, she won a prize from the Irish Art Union for her title page of ''Spirit of the Nation'' after Burton. Her engraving of Daniel Maclise Daniel Maclise (25 January 180625 April 1870) was an I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Creathorne Clayton
Ellen Creathorne Clayton, Mrs Needham; 15 February 1834 – 19 July 1900), born Eleanor Creathorne Clayton, was an author and artist. Biography Eleanor Creathorne Clayton was born in Dublin on 15 February 1834 but moved to London with her father in 1841. Her father, Benjamin Clayton III, was a wood engraver. Her grandfather, Benjamin Clayton II, and her great-grandfather Benjamin Clayton I, were also wood engravers. Her aunt, Caroline Millard Caroline Millard (also known as Mrs Millard) (died 26 April 1894) was an Irish wood engraver. Life Caroline Millard was born Caroline Clayton in Dublin, she was the daughter of the wood engraver, Benjamin Clayton II. In 1841, she married the E ..., was wood engraver based in Dublin. Clayton was contributing articles and illustrations from the age of fourteen to a number of papers including Sala's paper as well as two of her father's publications, ''Chat'' and ''Punchinello''. Though she is best known for her dictionary of English wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixth largest in Western Europe after the Acts of Union in 1800. Following independence in 1922, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Dublin Society
The Royal Dublin Society (RDS) ( ga, Cumann Ríoga Bhaile Átha Cliath) is an Irish philanthropic organisation and members club which was founded as the 'Dublin Society' on 25 June 1731 with the aim to see Ireland thrive culturally and economically. The RDS is synonymous with its 160,000 m2 campus in Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland. The premises include the ' RDS Arena', 'RDS Simmonscourt', 'RDS Main Hall' and other venues which are used regularly for exhibitions, concerts and sporting events like the Dublin Horse Show or as playground for the Leinster Rugby team. The Royal Dublin Society was granted Royal Patronage in 1820 by George IV. The RDS Members' Club is a members-only club offering exclusive access to sports events on its premises and weekly luncheons and dinners. The RDS is one of nine organisations in Ireland that may nominate candidates for the Seanad Éireann (Irish Upper House) elections. Name and history The society was founded by members of the Dublin Philos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltinglass
Baltinglass, historically known as Baltinglas (), is a town in south-west County Wicklow, Ireland. It is located on the River Slaney near the border with County Carlow and County Kildare, on the N81 road. Etymology The town's Irish name, ''Bealach Conglais'' means "the way of Conglas". It was the name of a palace at Baltinglass, where, according to the Irish etymologist Patrick Weston Joyce, the powerful Leinster king Branduff resided in the sixth century. Conglas was a member of the mythological warrior collective, the Fianna. A nineteenth-century explanation is found in Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, where he says that the name, "according to most antiquaries," comes from ''Baal-Tin-Glas'', meaning the "pure fire of Baal," and that this suggests that the area was a centre for "druidical worship". The detailed study, ''The Place-names of County Wicklow'' by Liam Price provides several variations of the town name from the 12th century Book of Leins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1754 Births
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1814 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garrison surrenders to the British after ten days of bombardment. ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Metz: Allied armies lay siege to the French city and fortress of Metz. * January 5 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Puruarán: Spanish Royalists defeat Mexican Rebels. * January 11 – War of the Sixth Coalition – Battle of Hoogstraten: Prussian forces under Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow defeat the French. * January 14 ** Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway into personal union with Sweden, in exchange for west Pomerania. This marks the end of the real union of Denmark-Norway. ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Antwerp: Allied forces besiege Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Wood Engravers
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