About John Henry Campbell
Lived 1757 – 1829 (aged 71–72). John Henry Campbell was a British painter.
John Henry Campbell (1757 — 10 May 1828) was a landscape painter.
Early life and family John Henry Campbell was born in 1757 in Herefordshire, England. His parents were both English, and his mother's maiden name was Beaumont or Beaufort. The family left Herefordshire for Dublin, where Campbell's father entered into a business partnership with Daniel Graisberry, a printer. Circa 1800, Campbell was a resident of Paradise Row, and in 1801 was living in 13 Trinity Street. Campbell had at least 2 sons and a daughters. One son, John, lived in Belfast and designed damask and linen patterns, and the other, Charles, was an army officer killed during the storming of Badajos. His daughter, Cecilia Margaret Nairn, was also a landscape artist. Campbell died on 10 May 1828.
The National Gallery of Ireland hold 7 landscapes by Campbell. The British Museum hold two works by him. The Neptune Gallery staged a retrospective of Campbell's work in 1966.
Selected works View from Dublin, Howth, etc., from Huband Bridge View of Dublin Bay and Harbour from Stillorgan (1812) Dublin Bay from Phibsborough View near Rostrevor Bridge over the Dodder, Upper Rathmines The Little Suger-Loaf (1806) Rathgar Castle (1807)
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Who was John Henry Campbell?
Irish landscape artist (1757–1829)
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John Henry Campbell was born in 1757 in Dublin.
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John Henry Campbell died in 1829 in Dublin.
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John Henry Campbell was a painter.
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John Henry Campbell was British.
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· DBpedia: John Henry Campbell (painter)
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