JOHN BUXTON KNIGHT (1843–1908)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V15,
Page 851
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:JOHN See also:BUXTON See also:KNIGHT (1843–1908)
, See also:English landscape painter, was See also:born at See also:Sevenoaks, See also:Kent; he started as a school-See also:master, but See also:painting was his See also:hobby, and he subsequently de-voted himself to it
.
In 1861 he had his first picture hung at the See also:Academy
.
He was essentially an open-See also:air painter, constantly going on sketching See also:tours in the most picturesque spots of See also:England, and all his pictures were painted out of doors
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He died at See also:Dover on the 2nd of See also:January 1908
.
The See also:Chantrey trustees bought his " See also:December's Bareness Everywhere " for the nation in the following See also:month
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Most of his best pictures had passed into the collection of Mr Iceton of Putney (including " See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
White Walls of Old England " and " See also:Hereford See also:Cathedral "), Mr See also:Walter See also:Briggs of Burley in Wharfedale (especially " Pinner "), and Mr S
.
M
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See also:Phillips of See also:Wrotham (especially two See also:water-See also:colours of See also:Richmond See also:Bridge)
.
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