WILLIAM BRADFORD (1827—1892)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V04,
Page 370
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:- WILLIAM
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- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
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WILLIAM See also:BRADFORD (1827—1892)
, See also:American marine painter, was See also:born at New See also:Bedford, See also:Massachusetts
.
He was a Quaker, and was self-taught, See also:painting the See also:ships and the marine views he saw along the See also:coast of Massachusetts, Labrador and Nova See also:Scotia; he went on several See also:Arctic expeditions with Dr See also:Hayes, and was the first American painter to portray the frozen regions of the See also:north
.
His pictures attracted much See also:attention by See also:reason of their novelty and gorgeous See also:colour effects
.
His " Steamer ` See also:Panther ' in See also:Melville See also:Bay, under the See also:Light of the Midnight See also:Sun " was exhibited at the Royal See also:Academy in See also:London in 1875
.
See also:Bradford waS a member of the See also:National Academy of See also:Design, New See also:York, and died in that See also:city on the 25th of See also:April 1892
.
His See also:style was somewhat influenced by See also:Albert See also:van Beest, who worked with Bradford at See also:Fairhaven for a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time; but Bradford is See also:minute and observant of detail where van Beest's aim is See also:general effect
.
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