1829-1912 Related Paintings of william r clark :. | wills som dukade under av utmattning under aterfarden fran kusten i norr tillbring ade sina sista dagar i en sadan har mia mia infodingshydda, soder o | carsten niebuhr var den ende av fem danskar som kom levande fran en resa till arabien ar 1761 | wilfred thesigers expedition rastar pa toppen av en sanddyn under ritten genom det tomma landet | den 24 dr gamle skotske lakaren mungo park ledde en av de forsta expditionerna till afrika 1795 | matterhorn ansags lange omojligt att bestiga trots att det ar ca 300 meter lagre an mont blanc. | Related Artists:
Johan Carl Neumannpainted Johan Carl Neumann in 1864
John Leslie Breck1860-1899
Thomas Patch1725 - 1782
was an English painter, engraver and caricaturist. He made a living by basing himself in Italy and undertaking commissions from rich young British men on Grand tours.His paintings today are in the Royal Collection and various museums. Patch was thrown out of Rome for a homosexual act. Patch was born in Exeter in 1725, the son of a doctor. He had not completed his medical studies when he came to Rome in 1747 as a grand tourist and where he met Joshua Reynolds. Initially he worked for Joseph Vernet, creating landscapes of Tivoli and pastiches of Vernet's work. He was forced to leave Rome after some homosexual He was in Florence in 1755, where he was commissioned to paint people on their Grand tours. Here he was assisted by his friendship with Sir Horace Mann, who was the British envoy and therefore a point of contact with British tourists arriving in Florence. While there he completed studies of human physiognomy, looking at the expressions and facial types as well as completing portraits of many in the British society in Florence. He also studied the old masters and published studies of them. Towards the end of his life his output of paintings slowed.Patch was also known to be an art dealer. In about 1763, Patch completed three views of Florence that are now part of the Royal Collection. They are thought to have been bought by George III. On October 19, 1767, he was enterprising enough to witness the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius which he painted from both the land and the sea.
