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HENRY WILLIAM BANKS DAVIS (1833- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 866 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)
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DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
HENRY WILLIAM BANKS DAVIS (1833- )
DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)
DAVIS (1833- ) ,

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ENGLISH

English painter, received his

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art training in the Royal

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Academy

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SCHOOLS

schools, where he was awarded two

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SILVER

silver medals . He was elected an

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ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the Academy in 1873, and academician in 1877 . He made a considerable reputation as an accomplished painter of quiet

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PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral subjects and carefully elaborated landscapes with

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CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle . His pictures, " Returning to the

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FOLD

Fold " (188o), and" Approaching

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NIGHT

Night " (1899), bought for the

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CHANTREY, SIR FRANCIS LEGATT (1782-1841)

Chantrey Fund Collection, are now in the

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NATIONAL

National

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GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

Gallery of

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BRITISH

British Art (

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Tate Gallery) .

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I would like to see a sample of his work. I currently have a painting, titled "The Moore of Ord" by one, "B. Davis" from my Great Grandfathers collection, brought to Canada from Paisley Scotland in the early 1900's.

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