William Rickarby Miller
William Rickarby Miller (May 20, 1818 in Staindrop – July 1893 in New York City) was an American painter, of the Hudson River School.
Also recorded as William Rickerby Miller · William Rickaby Miller
William Rickarby Miller
William Rickarby Miller · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund · CC0
- Born
- 1818 · Staindrop.
- Died
- 1893 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- painter · watercolorist
- Fields
- landscape
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William Rickarby Miller (May 20, 1818 in Staindrop – July 1893 in New York City) was an American painter, of the Hudson River School.
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William Rickarby Miller (1818–1893) was a painter and watercolorist, of British nationality. The painter was born in Staindrop and died in New York City. William Rickarby Miller worked in New York City.
The work spans landscape. Works are held at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Metropolitan Museum of Art and New Britain Museum of American Art, among others.
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Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City. Work by William Rickarby Miller is recorded in the collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, New York Historical and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
His father was Joseph Miller, a landscape painter. He immigrated to New York City in 1844. His work is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and New York Historical Society. Miller's original diary is currently held by the New-York Historical Society.
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• Illustration — Willow Tree, Harlem Creek, New York, 1853, Metropolitan Museum of Art • Illustration — Catskill Clove in Palingsville, 1856, Metropolitan Museum of Art • Illustration — The Grandmother Tree, near Middletown, Long Island,1858, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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1818
William Rickarby Miller was born on 20 May 1818.
1893
William Rickarby Miller died at New York City.
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William Rickarby Miller is recorded as a citizen of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Recorded with the occupation watercolorist. Classed in the genre landscape painting.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum and New York Historical
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