Frederick Nash (1782–1856) was an English painter and draughtsman. Frederick Nash was born in

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. He initially studied architectural drawing under

Thomas Malton __NOTOC__ Thomas Malton (1748 – 7 March 1804; also known as Thomas Malton the Younger), was an English painter of topography, topographical and architectural views, and an engraver. J. M. W. Turner and Thomas Girtin were amongst his pupils. ...

, then later enrolled at the

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. Between 1801 and 1809 Nash worked with the

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s John Britton and

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. In 1810, he became a member of

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, an organization whose members had seceded from the Royal Academy over complaints that their work was not being recognized. Nash primarily painted landscapes, and made sketching trips to

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, the

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and the

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. In 1834 he moved to

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where he continued working until his death in 1856.

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*, a painting, engraved by

Lumb Stocks Lumb Stocks (29 November 1812 – 28 April 1892) was a British engraver. In a long career he produced engravings from paintings by notable artists of the day. Early life Lumb Stocks was born at Gawbert Hall, Lightcliffe, near Halifax, West York ...

, for the Forget Me Not annual, 1839, with illustrative verse by

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. 1782 births 1856 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters People from Lambeth Painters from the London Borough of Lambeth 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub