Charles John de Lacy

Charles John de Lacy (* 1856 in Sunderland , County Durham , England , United Kingdom ; † December 13, 1929 in Epsom , Surrey , England, United Kingdom) was a British painter , graphic artist and illustrator whose main focus was pictures with marine motifs. He was particularly known for his paintings of the navy and warships . His most important client was the shipbuilding company Sir WG Armstrong-Whitworth & Co., Ltd. in Elswick, Tyne and Wear .

Royal Temple Yacht Club at Ramsgate the Races on July 14th

Steel workers casting girders 1917

Transports in Table Bay during the South African War

Hammersmith Bridge

Origin and family

Charles John de Lacy's parents were the music professor Robert de Lacy and his wife Eliza de Lacy. He had a younger sister, Rosamond. In 1880 de Lacy married Alice Harriet Hill in Lambeth. The couple had two daughters: Constance Rosamond De Lacy (* 1881) and Irene Valerie Cristoforo De Lacy (* 1901).

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De Lacy grew up in what is now Sunderland's Bishopwearmouth . In the 1860s the family moved to Lambeth , now the London Borough of Lambeth . In the 1870s de Lacy found work in his native Durham. De Lacy often signed under Chas. J. de Lacy and made a name for himself as a painter and illustrator of mostly maritime subjects . He later moved back to Lambeth and married there. The couple initially lived at 68 Flaxman Road in Lambeth, and later at 32 Westwell Road in Streatham .

De Lacy had his first exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1889 , after he had committed to teaching at the National Gallery in London. Magazines such as The Illustrated London News were among de Lacy's early patrons.

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Charles John de Lacy's extensive oeuvre consists of illustrations in the form of engravings , black-and-white lithographs and color lithographs, as well as independent prints and paintings with oil or watercolors on canvas .

Independent works

Charles John de Lacy's preferred subjects were maritime subjects. Therefore, most of his paintings and prints show ships at sea as the sinking of the Lusitania ( The Sinking of the Lusitania ) ports such as the docks of London at sunset ( The Pool of London at Sundown ) and naval battles such as his painting The battle against the Spanish Armada ( The Battle Against the Spanish Armada ). However, some of de Lacy's pictures also show rivers and bridges - for example Hammersmith Bridge - the current - after 1887 - view from the Surrey coast ( Hammersmith Bridge - the present one - post 1887 - looking from the Surrey shore ). Rarely de Lacy also devoted himself motives of the industry as the birth of the giants of modern industry ( The birth of the giant of modern industry ).

Books illustrated by de Lacy (selection)

• By Sartal Sands; or, The Thutalls of Ballaskyr (in German roughly: On threaded sand surfaces; or Die Thutalls von Ballaskyr ) by Edward N. Hoare
• Drink (in German: Trink ) by Émile Zola
• The Three Midshipmen (in German: The three Midshipmen , Midshipmen are ensigns at sea of ​​the Royal Navy) by WHG Kingston
• The Pirate of the Caribbees (German: Die Piraten der Kalina ) by Harry Collingwood
• Billows and Bergs (German: Wellen und Berge ) by W. Charles Metcalfe
• A Book About Ships (German: A book about ships ) by Arthur O. Cooke
• The Royal Navy: An ABC for Little Britons (German: The Royal Navy: An ABC for Little Britons )
• Our Wonderful Navy (German: Our wonderful marine ) by John S. Margerison
• Ships That Saved the Empire (German: ships that have saved the Empire ) by Charles R. Gibson

In the context of illustrations, de Lacy also deviated from his preferred subject and also painted historical subjects, for example in the case of Edward V riding with Duke Richard, 1483 to London, illustration from “Hutchinson's History of the British Nation”, approx. 1923 ( Edward V rides into London with Duke Richard, 1483, illustration from "Hutchinson's Story of the British Nation", c.1923 )

Web links

Commons : Charles John De Lacy  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Short biography on Look and Lern