About John Mogford
Lived 1821 – 1885 (aged 64). John Mogford was a British painter.
John Mogford (1821– 2 November 1885) was an English landscape painter.
Life
Mogford's background was in Devon. He studied at the Somerset House Government School of Design, and then exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Suffolk Street Gallery.
Mogford taught at the Maddox Street art school, where his pupils included Emily Mary Osborn. He married a daughter of Francis Danby.
He died on 2 November 1885 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
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Who was John Mogford?
English painter (1821-1885)
When was John Mogford born?
John Mogford was born on 15 October 1821 in London.
When did John Mogford die?
John Mogford died on 2 November 1885.
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John Mogford was a painter.
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John Mogford was British.
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