See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• HARRISON
• HARRISON, BENJAMIN
• HARRISON, FREDERIC (1831— )
• HARRISON, JOHN (1693—1776)
• HARRISON, THOMAS (16o6-166o)
• HARRISON, THOMAS ALEXANDER (1853– )
• HARRISON, WILLIAM (1534–1593)
• HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (1773–1841)

HARRISON See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• JAMES HARRISON WILSON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

WILSON (1837– )  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Shawneetown, See also:

• ILLINOIS

Illinois, in 1837 and entered See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Point military See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy in 1855, graduating in 1860 . He was appointed to the engineer See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• UNITED

United States See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, served in the See also:

• PORT

Port Royal and Fort See also:

• PULASKI, CASIMIR, COUNT (1748-1779)

Pulaski operations, being breveted See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major for his gallant conduct at Pulaski, 'was on M'Clellan's See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff at See also:

• ANTIETAM

Antietam as a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel in 1862, and as a topographical engineer on the headquarters staff of the Army of the See also:

• TENNESSEE

Tennessee during the See also:

• VICKSBURG

Vicksburg and See also:

• CHATTANOOGA

Chattanooga See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns . His services in the intricate operations before Vicksburg were rewarded by promotion to brigadier-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general U.S.V . In 1864 he was appointed to command a See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division in See also:

• SHERIDAN
• SHERIDAN, PHILIP HENRY (1831-1888)

Sheridan's cavalry See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps, and played a distinguished See also:

• PART

part in the cavalry operations of the 4th to 6th of May during the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of the See also:

• WILDERNESS

Wilderness (for which he was breveted colonel U.S.A.), the so-called See also:

• RICHMOND
• RICHMOND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• RICHMOND, LEGH (1772-1827)
• RICHMOND, SIR WILLIAM BLAKE (1842– )

Richmond See also:

• RAID

Raid, the operations on the Totopotomoy, &c . Later in 1864 he commanded the cavalry of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas's army in Tennessee . During the closing operations of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war he led a cavalry expedition on a See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale through the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South-Western states, occupying See also:

• SELMA

Selma, See also:

• MONTGOMERY
• MONTGOMERY ( Tre' Faldwyn)
• MONTGOMERY, GABRIEL, SEIGNEUR DE LORGES, COMTE DE (c. 1530-1574)
• MONTGOMERY, JAMES (1771-1854)
• MONTGOMERY, ROBERT (1807-1855)

Montgomery and See also:

• MACON
• MACON, NATHANIEL (1758-1837)

Macon, and capturing at different times nearly 7000 prisoners, including See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

• DAVIS (or DAVYS), JOHN (1550 ?-16o5)
• DAVIS, ANDREW JACKSON (1826—1910)
• DAVIS, CHARLES HOWARD (1857- )
• DAVIS, CUSHMAN KELLOGG (1838-1900)
• DAVIS, HENRY WILLIAM BANKS (1833- )
• DAVIS, HENRY WINTER (1817-1865)
• DAVIS, JEFFERSON (1808–1889)
• DAVIS, THOMAS OSBORNE (1814–1845)

Davis . He was promoted major-general of See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers and breveted major-general U.S.A. shortly before the end of the war . Returning to See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty in the See also:

• REGULAR

regular army as a lieutenant-colonel of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry for some years, he resigned in 1870 and engaged in See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering and railway construction . In 1898, during the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish-American War, he was appointed a major-general in the new volunteer army, and took part in the operations in See also:

• PORTO

Porto Rico . He served in the See also:

• CHINA

China expedition of woo as abrigadier-general and in 19o1 was placed on the retired See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list as a brigadier-general U.S.A . See also:

• WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
• WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
• WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
• WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
• WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
• WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
• WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
• WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
• WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
• WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
• WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
• WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
• WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
• WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
• WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )

WILSON, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

RICHARD (1714—1782), See also:

• ENGLISH

English landscape painter, was born at Penegoes, See also:

• MONTGOMERYSHIRE (Welsh Swydd Tre' Faldwyn, Baldwyn's town shire)

Montgomeryshire, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was a clergyman, on the 1st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1714 . His See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste for See also:

• ART

art was observed by a relative of his See also:

• MOTHER

mother, See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George Wynne, who in 1729 sent him to See also:

• LONDON

London to study under Thomas See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright, a little-known portrait painter of the 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, by whom he was instructed for six years .

He then started on his own See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, and was soon in a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good practice . Among his commissions was a full-length of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales and the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, painted for their See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor, the See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• NORWICH
• NORWICH, GEORGE GORING, EARL OF (1583?-1663)

Norwich . Examples of his portraits may be studied in See also:

• GREENWICH

Greenwich See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

Hospital, in the See also:

• GARRICK, DAVID (1717-1779)

Garrick See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, and in various private collections . In 1749 Wilson visited See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, where he spent six years . He had previously executed some landscapes, but it was now that the See also:

• ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

advice of See also:

• ZUCCARELLI, FRANCESCO (1702–1788)

Zuccarelli and See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• VERNET

Vernet decided him to adopt this See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of art exclusively . He studied See also:

• CLAUDE, JEAN (1619-1687)

Claude and Poussin, but retained his own individuality, and produced some admirable views of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome and the Campagna . In 1755 he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and became one of the first of English landscape painters . " See also:

• NIOBE

Niobe," one of his most powerful See also:

• WORKS

works, was exhibited at the Society of Artists in 176o . On the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Royal Academy in 1768 he was appointed one of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original members, and he was a regular contributor to its exhibitions till 1780 . He frequently executed replicas of his more important subjects, repeating some of them several times; in the figures which he introduced in his landscapes he was occasionally assisted by See also:

• MORTIMER (Family)

Mortimer and Hayman . During his lifetime his landscapes were never widely popular; his See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper was consequently embittered by neglect, and so impoverished was he that he was obliged to seclude himself in an obscure, See also:

• HALF

half-furnished See also:

• ROOM

room in See also:

• TOTTENHAM

Tottenham See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court Road, London . In 1776, however, he obtained the See also:

• POST

post of librarian to the Academy; and by the See also:

• DEATH

death of a See also:

• BROTHER

brother he acquired a small See also:

• PROPERTY

property near Llanferras, See also:

• DENBIGH (Dinbych)
• DENBIGH, WILLIAM FEILDING, 1ST EARL

Denbigh-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, to which he retired to spend his last days, and where he died suddenly in May 1782 .

After his death his fame increased, and in 1814 about seventy of his works were exhibited in the See also:

• BRITISH

British Institution . The See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

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

Gallery, London, contains nine of his landscapes . The works of Wilson are skilled and learned compositions rather than See also:

• DIRECT

direct transcripts from nature . His landscapes are treated with See also:

• GREAT

great breadth, and with a See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of generalization which occasionally led to a disregard of detail . They are full of classical feeling and poetic sentiment; they possess See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble qualities of See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, and of delicate silvern See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone; and their handling is vigorous and easy, the See also:

• WORK

work of a painter who was thoroughly See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of his materials . See Studies and Designs by Richard Wilson, done at Rome in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1752 (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1811); T . Wright, Some Account of the See also:

• LIFE

Life of Richard Wilson (London, 1824): Thomas See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings, Etchings from the Works of Richard Wilson, with some See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of his Life (London, 1825) . Many of Wilson's best works were reproduced by See also:

• WOOLLETT, WILLIAM (1735-1785)

Woollett and other engravers of the time .