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See also:SCHETKY, See also:JOHN See also:CHRISTIAN (1778-1874) , Scottish marine painter, descended from an old Transylvanian See also:family, was See also:born in See also:Edinburgh on the 11th of See also:August 1778. He studied See also:art under See also:Alexander See also:Nasmyth, and after having travelled on the See also:continent he settled in See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, and taught for six years as a See also:drawing-See also:master. In 18o8 he obtained a See also:post in the military See also:college, See also:Great See also:Marlow, and three years later he was appointed See also:professor of drawing in the See also:naval college, See also:Portsmouth, where he had ample opportunities for the study of his favourite marine subjects. From 1836 to 1855 he held a similar professorship in the military college, Addiscombe. To the Royal See also:Academy exhibitions he contributed at intervals from 18o5 to 1872, and he was represented at the See also:Westminster See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall competition of 1847 by a large oil-See also:painting of the See also:Battle of La Hogue. He was marine painter to See also:George IV., See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William IV. and See also:Queen See also:Victoria. Among his published See also:works are the illustrations to See also:Lord John See also:Manners's Cruise in Scotch See also:Waters, and a See also:volume of photographs from his pictures and drawings issued in 1867 under the See also:title of Veterans of the See also:Sea. One of his best works, the " Loss of the Royal George," painted in 184o, is in the See also:National See also:Gallery, See also:London, and the See also:United Service See also:Club possesses another important marine subject from his See also:brush. He died in London on the 28th of See also:January 1874. A memoir by his daughter was published in 1877.
His younger See also:brother, JOHN ALEXANDER SCHETKY (1785-1824), studied See also:medicine in Edinburgh university and drawing in the Trustees' Academy. As a military surgeon he served with distinction under Lord See also:Beresford in See also:Portugal. He contributed excellent works to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy and of the See also:Water-See also:Colour Society, and executed some of the illustrations in See also:Sir W. See also:Scott's Provincial Antiquities. He died at Cape See also:Coast See also:Castle on the 5th of See also:September 1824, when preparing to follow Mungo See also:Park's route of exploration.
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