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Beechey William
(1753—1839)

English portrait and landscape painter. He trained to be a lawyer but turned to art and entered the Royal Academy schools in London in 1774. His early works were rather dull and consisted mostly of conversation pieces influenced by his probable teacher, Johan Zoffany, and portraits in the style of Sir Joshua Reynolds. After a five-year stay in... More...

Ascension Island, 2001, Vice-Admiral Sir George Cockburn

Ghana, 2006, John Jervis

Gibraltar, 1980, Admiral Lord Nelson