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William John Burchell BIOGRAPHY
1782 - 1863. Known for: Painting.
Views taken at Hamburg, Hannover, Göttingen, Goslar, Elbingerode, Halle, Prague, Leopoldsberg, Laibach, Venice, Pontecentino, Perugia, Foligno, Otricoli, Civita Castellana, Rome, Terracina, Vesuvius,... Read full biography
Views taken at Hamburg, Hannover, Göttingen, Goslar, Elbingerode, Halle, Prague, Leopoldsberg, Laibach, Venice, Pontecentino, Perugia, Foligno, Otricoli, Civita Castellana, Rome, Terracina, Vesuvius, Naples, Civita Vecchia, Marseilles, Folkestone, Chalon sur Saone, Boulogne, Neuilly, Paris and... Read full biography
Views taken at Hamburg, Hannover, Göttingen, Goslar, Elbingerode, Halle, Prague, Leopoldsberg, Laibach, Venice, Pontecentino, Perugia, Foligno, Otricoli, Civita Castellana, Rome, Terracina, Vesuvius, Naples, Civita Vecchia, Marseilles, Folkestone, Chalon sur Saone, Boulogne, Neuilly, Paris and Antwerp. A fine album of continental and English views by Burchell, the explorer and naturalist, which post date his travels in Africa (1810-15) and Brazil (1825-30) for which he is best known. He... Read full biography
Views taken at Hamburg, Hannover, Göttingen, Goslar, Elbingerode, Halle, Prague, Leopoldsberg, Laibach, Venice, Pontecentino, Perugia, Foligno, Otricoli, Civita Castellana, Rome, Terracina, Vesuvius, Naples, Civita Vecchia, Marseilles, Folkestone, Chalon sur Saone, Boulogne, Neuilly, Paris and Antwerp. A fine album of continental and English views by Burchell, the explorer and naturalist, which post date his travels in Africa (1810-15) and Brazil (1825-30) for which he is best known. He produced hundreds of drawings in St Helena, Africa and Brazil, the majority, along with his sketches in England, Wales and on the continent, now in the MuseumAfrica, Johannesburg, for which see R.F. Kennedy (ed.), Catalogue of Pictures in the Africana... Read full biography
Views taken at Hamburg, Hannover, Göttingen, Goslar, Elbingerode, Halle, Prague, Leopoldsberg, Laibach, Venice, Pontecentino, Perugia, Foligno, Otricoli, Civita Castellana, Rome, Terracina, Vesuvius, Naples, Civita Vecchia, Marseilles, Folkestone, Chalon sur Saone, Boulogne, Neuilly, Paris and Antwerp. A fine album of continental and English views by Burchell, the explorer and naturalist, which post date his travels in Africa (1810-15) and Brazil (1825-30) for which he is best known. He produced hundreds of drawings in St Helena, Africa and Brazil, the majority, along with his sketches in England, Wales and on the continent, now in the MuseumAfrica, Johannesburg, for which see R.F. Kennedy (ed.), Catalogue of Pictures in the Africana Museum, Johannesburg, 1971, VI, (Supplement: A-G), pp. 42-130 ('His drawings of English and European subje... Read full biography
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Views taken at Hamburg, Hannover, Göttingen, Goslar, Elbingerode, Halle, Prague, Leopoldsberg, Laibach, Venice, Pontecentino, Perugia, Foligno, Otricoli, Civita Castellana, Rome, Terracina, Vesuvius, Naples, Civita Vecchia, Marseilles, Folkestone, Chalon sur Saone, Boulogne, Neuilly, Paris and Antwerp. A fine album of continental and English views by Burchell, the explorer and naturalist, which post date his travels in Africa (1810-15) and Brazil (1825-30) for which he is best known.
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