James Webb"James R Webb"
Christie's, accessed 2011-11-20 (1835–1895) was a British painter specialising in marine views and

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. He lived all his life in Chelsea, London."James Webb"
Burlington Paintings, accessed 2011-11-20

Life

He was born in a family of artists. His father Archibald Webb and his brother Byron Webb were also noted painters. He exhibited in

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at the

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and the British Institute between 1850 and 1888, and many of his works still hang in London in the collections of the

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and the

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. Other works are found in a large number of provincial galleries. Webb was a pupil of

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (3 December 179318 May 1867) was an English painter best known for his large-scale paintings of marine art and landscapes. He was the father of the painter George Clarkson Stanfield and the composer Francis Stanfi ...

. He died on 9th March 1895 at the City of London Asylum, Dartford and is buried at

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Works

* 1857: The Lock * 1859: A Barge in a Norfolk Landscape * 1864: Fishing off the coast "Oil painting on canvas by James Webb", Richard Redding Antiques, includes one of the most detailed biographies available online * 1865: On a choppy sea * 1868: A view of Margate from the Pier (a smaller version of the undated painting owned by Thanet District Council). There are additional figures in the front left group on the pier. Sold by Bonhams 2007, privately owne

* 1869: Mewstone * 1870: View of Cologne with incomplete dome * c.1870: Stricken Vessel off Harbour with Watching Fisherfolk' * 1874: River Landscape * 1875
Fishing boats and shipping in Rotterdam in an evening calm
Sold to private collector. *1875
Seascape
- which is held by Hartlepool Museum Service * 1875: Cartagena * 1875: Vessels moored at the steps of a Moorish palace * 1876: Givet * 1876: Dinant, Belgium * 1876-1885: Old Kew Bridge, London – which is held at the

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* 1877: Heidelberg * 1883: Birkhamstead * 1888: Off to the fishing grounds ;Undated * Margate Pier, owned by

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, on loan to

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gallery,

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* A View on the Rhine * Shipping at sunset * The end of the day (attributed) * Cottages by the cliffs * Gazing across the loch * Sunset over Dordrecht Harbour * Brighton in the Season (described in one obituary as his 'most important work') * Moonlight near Rotterdam, exhibited at St James's Gallery 1884"ST. JAMES'S GALLERY", Morning Post, Mon 24 Nov 1884, accessed at britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk 2011-11-29

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Webb, James English landscape painters British male painters 1895 deaths 1835 births Burials at Highgate Cemetery

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19th-century British male artists