John William Edy
Illustration — Bridge at Vaterland in Christiania (Oslo), Norway, by John William Edy • Illustration — Ny-Hellesund anno 1800, picturesque scenery of Norway John William Edy (1760 – 1820) was an English painter. He worked for the publisher John Boydell in London, often anonymously. In the summer of 1800 Edy visited Norway on an assignment for Boydell together with the landscape painter William Fearnside.
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John William Edy
John William Edy · Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway, London, 1820. Plate no. 52 (p. 281 in scanned copy) · Public domain
- Born
- 1760. · Denmark.
- Died
- 1820.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Denmark.
- Occupation
- artist, engraver and painter.
- Known for
- Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway, with the principal towns from the Naze and by the route of Christiania to the magnificent pass of the Swinesund.
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Illustration — Bridge at Vaterland in Christiania (Oslo), Norway, by John William Edy • Illustration — Ny-Hellesund anno 1800, picturesque scenery of Norway John William Edy (1760 – 1820) was an English painter. He worked for the publisher John Boydell in London, often anonymously. In the summer of 1800 Edy visited Norway on an assignment for Boydell together with the landscape painter William Fearnside.
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They were in Norway from July 31 and until the end of September the same year. Edy made numerous drawings from the trip, among them drawings of Ny-Hellesund which was the place the two artists arrived at in Norway. In Norway he is also known for his drawings of Christiania and Moss. Boydells Picturesque Scenerey of Norway was published in London in 1820.
Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Works named in the authority record are Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway; with the principal towns from the Naze, by the route of Christiania to the magnificent pass of the Swinesund. Work by John William Edy is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée de la civilisation, Yale Center for British Art, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre.
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1760
John William Edy was born in 1760 at Denmark.
1820
John William Edy died in 1820.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3374273: John William Edy
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- “John William Edy”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Edy, John William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
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Edy, John William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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Edy, John William, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
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Work and production. One work is recorded as notable: Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway; with the principal towns from the Naze, by the route of Christiania to the magnificent pass of the Swinesund.
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Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée de la civilisation, Yale Center for British Art and National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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