HENRY PETERS GRAY (1819-18/7)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V12,
Page 391
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY See also:PETERS See also:- GRAY
- GRAY (or GREY), WALTER DE (d. 1255)
- GRAY, ASA (1810-1888)
- GRAY, DAVID (1838-1861)
- GRAY, ELISHA (1835-1901)
- HENRY PETERS GRAY (1819-18/7)
- GRAY, HORACE (1828–1902)
- GRAY, JOHN DE (d. 1214)
- GRAY, JOHN EDWARD (1800–1875)
- GRAY, PATRICK GRAY, 6TH BARON (d. 1612)
- GRAY, ROBERT (1809-1872)
- GRAY, SIR THOMAS (d. c. 1369)
- GRAY, THOMAS (1716-1771)
GRAY (1819-18/7)
, See also:American portrait and genre painter, was See also:born in New See also:York on the 23rd of See also:June 1819
.
He was a See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil of See also:Daniel See also:Huntington there, and subsequently studied in
.
See also:Rome and See also:Florence
.
Elected a member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design in 1842, he succeeded Huntington as See also:president in 1870, holding the position until 1871
.
The later years of his See also:life were devoted to portrait See also:work
.
He was strongly influenced by the old See also:Italian masters, See also:painting in mellow See also:colour with a classical tendency
.
One of his notable canvases was an allegorical See also:composition called " The See also:Birth of our See also:Flag " (1875)
.
He died in New York See also:City on the 12th of See also:November 1877
.
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