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1778 in art

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Events from the year 1778 in art.

Events

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  • December – The artistic cargo of the British ship Westmorland, seized by the French, is acquired by Spanish interests.
  • Nicholas Pocock gives up his career as a seaman and devotes himself to painting.

Paintings

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John Singleton CopleyWatson and the Shark
Richard SamuelPortraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo.
Benjamin WestThe Battle of La Hogue.

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ John Denison Champlin; Charles Callahan Perkins (1913). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. C. Scribner's sons. p. 254.
  2. ^ Carol Eaton Hevner; Rembrandt Peale (1985). Rembrandt Peale, 1778-1860, a Life in the Arts: An Exhibition at The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, February 22, 1985 to June 28, 1985. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-910732-19-2.
  3. ^ Allan Cunningham (1880). The Lives of the Most Eminent British Painters. George Bell. p. 107.
  4. ^ John Denison Champlin (1927). Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings. Empire State Book Company. p. 262.
  5. ^ Wacha: "Mähler, Joseph Willibrord". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 5, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1972, p. 404. (in German)
  6. ^ Claus Michael Kauffmann; John Varley (1984). John Varley, 1778-1842. B.T. Batsford. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7134-3402-6.
  7. ^ Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1887). The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical. Seeley. p. 70.
  8. ^ Samuel Redgrave (1874). A Dictionary of Artists of the English School: Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers and Ornamentists. Longmans, Green and Company. p. 51.
  9. ^ Benjamin Burges Moore (1962). Giovanni Battista Piranesi. p. 26.
  10. ^ The Illustrated London News. William Little. 1959. p. 19.
  11. ^ Adolf K. Placzek; Angela Giral (1997). Avery's Choice: Five Centuries of Great Architectural Books : One Hundred Years of an Architectural Library, 1890-1990. G.K. Hall. p. 80.
  12. ^ Leslie Stephen; Sir Sidney Lee (1891). DNB. Smith, Elder, & Company. p. 157.
  13. ^ Antiques. Straight Enterprises. 1959. p. 546.