John Whichelo

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C. John M. Whichelo, around 1865

Charles John Mayle Whichelo , usually referred to as John Whichelo , (* 1784 in Kensington , London , † August 2, 1865 in Anglesey Abbey , Cambridgeshire ) was a British naval and landscape painter .

Life

Whichelo was the eldest child of the brewer Richard Mayle Whichelo (1760-1815) and his wife Ann (nee Wood, 1764-1815). He was baptized on December 28, 1784 in St. Nicholas Church in Brighton .

He was believed to have been a student of Cornelius Varley and Joshua Cristall . Among other things, he painted together with Frederick Nash (1782-1856) and George "Sidney" Shepherd (1784-1862) for the illustration of Thomas Pennant's six-volume special edition The Fauntleroy Pennant from 1805 for the History of London . From 1810 he also exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts . He worked as a marine and landscape painter for Prince Regent Georg IV . In 1823 he became a member of the Royal Watercolor Society and took part in their exhibitions until his death.

His painting by Admiral Nelson , which he gave to British Admiral William Parker, became famous. Whichelo's works are in the collections of the British Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum .

He was the father of the landscape painter Henry Mayle Whichelo (1926–1867).

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Whichelo, Charles John Mayle. In: Simon Fenwick: The Enchanted River. 200 Years of the Royal Watercolor Society. Sansom, 2004, p. 198. ISBN 978-1-904537-15-1 ( limited preview in Google book search)
  2. ↑ Mark Pottle: Whichelo, C. John M. In: Christopher Wright; Catherine May Gordon: British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections. An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Yale University Press, 2006, p. 819. ISBN 978-0-300-11730-1 ( limited preview in Google Book Search)
  3. ↑ Mark Pottle: Whichelo, (Charles) John Mayle. In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 2004, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 , doi: 10.1093 / ref: odnb / 29204 (beginning of article, English).
  4. ↑ Wichelo. Family tree in: Philip Nicholas Furbank: EM Forster. Polycrates' ring (1914-1970) (= Philip Nicholas Furbank: EM Forster: A Life, Secker & Warburg Volume 2). 1978, p. XVIII.
  5. ^ Thomas Pennant: History of London (The Fauntleroy Pennant). 6 volumes, 1805–.
  6. ^ Richard John Boileau Walker: The Nelson portraits. Royal Naval Museum Publications, 1998, ISBN 978-0-9526377-5-2 , p. 153.
  7. ↑ Whichelo, C. John M. In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): General Encyclopedia of Artists from antiquity to the present day . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942.
personal data
SURNAME Whichelo, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Whichelo, C. John M .; Whichelo, Charles John Mayle (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British naval and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH Kensington , London
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1865
Place of death Anglesey Abbey , Cambridgeshire