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See also:SMIRKE, See also:ROBERT (1752-1845) , See also:English painter, was See also:born at Wigton near See also:Carlisle in 1752. In his thirteenth See also:year he was apprenticed in See also:London with an heraldic painter, and at the See also:age of twenty he began to study in the See also:schools of the Royal See also:Academy, to whose See also:exhibition he contributed in 1786 a "See also:Narcissus" and a " Sabrina,'.' which were followed by many See also:works, usually small in See also:size, illustrative of the English poets, especially See also:Thomson. In 1791 Smirke was elected an See also:associate of the Royal Academy, and two years later a full member. In 1814 he was nominatedkeeper to the Academy, but the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king refused to See also:sanction the See also:appointment on See also:account of the artist's revolutionary opinions. He was engaged upon the See also:Shakespeare See also:gallery, for which he painted " Katharina and Petruchio," " See also:Prince See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry and Falstaff " and other subjects. He also executed many See also:clever and popular See also:book-illustrations. His works, which are frequently humorous, are pleasing and graceful, accomplished in draughtsmanship and handled with considerable spirit. He died in London on the 5th of See also:January 1845.
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