- James Holworthy
James Holworthy (1781 - 1841) was a British watercolour artist. Some of Holworthy's art can be seen in the
Tate Gallery . [Cite web
title = Tate Collection | Landscape Study by James Holworthy
accessdate = 2008-08-21
url = http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=6689&searchid=16963]Holworthy exhibited at the
Royal Academy in 1803 and 1804. In the latter year he was one of the foundation members of the Society of Painters in Water-colours, now known as theRoyal Watercolour Society ,and he contributed constantly to their exhibitions till 1813. His subjects being drawn from Wales, the Lake district, and Yorkshire. He practised in London till 1822. In 1900, there were two drawings by him at the South Kensington Museum.In 1821, Holworthy was living in
Barton in the Beans ,Leicestershire . In either 1821 [ [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=100062058992&lds=1®ion=2®ionfriendly=British+Isles&frompage=99 Holworthy m. Wright] at "FamilySearch"] or 1824 he married Anne Wright, [Marriage settlement contained in "Papers of [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=199-camd&cid=1-4#1-4 Cammell Deeds: I Brookfield Estate, including North Lees] " at the Sheffield Archives. Note that numerous papers relating to James Holworthy and the Wright family are contained in Cammell collection.] a niece of John Wright in Derby, and retired to the Brookfield estate, nearHathersage in Derbyshire, which he had purchased. He died in London in 1841, [ [http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/information.pl?r=4349472&d=bmd_1218534691 Holworthy, James - index entry of death] at FreeBMD] was buried at Kensal Green. He was a friend ofJ. M. W. Turner , R.A.References
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* Bryan’s Dict. (Graves);
* Grave’s Dict.;
* Catalogue of South Kensington Museum.External links
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P14335 James Holworthy in National Register of Archives] and includes correspondence.
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