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1840 in art
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Events
Works
Awards
Births
Deaths
References
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Events from the year
1840 in art
.
Events
March 4
–
Alexander S. Wolcott
and
John Johnson
open their "Daguerreian Parlor" on
Broadway (Manhattan)
, the world's first commercial photography portrait studio.
May 1
– Issue in the United Kingdom of the
Penny Black
, the world's first
postage stamp
, depicting the head of
Queen Victoria
engraved
by
Charles Heath
and his son Frederick based on a sketch provided by
Henry Corbould
itself based on a
cameo
portrait by
William Wyon
,
[
1
]
[
2
]
together with
Mulready stationery
. The stamp becomes valid for postage from May 6.
[
3
]
September 30
– Foundation of
Nelson's Column
laid in London,
[
4
]
Trafalgar Square
being laid out and paved around it during the year.
[
5
]
Works
Génie de la Liberté
on
Colonne de Juillet
Jean-Antoine Alavoine
and
Joseph-Louis Duc
–
July Column
,
Place de la Bastille
,
Paris
; incorporating
Auguste Dumont
's
Génie de la Liberté
and
bas-reliefs
by
Antoine-Louis Barye
and others
Thomas Jones Barker
–
The Bride of Death
François Bouchot
–
Napoleon Bonaparte in the coup d'état of 18 Brumaire in Saint-Cloud
John Gadsby Chapman
-
The Baptism of Pocahontas
Théodore Chassériau
Andromeda Chained to the Rock by the Nereids
Diana Surprised by Actaeon
Portrait of Dominique Lacordaire
Francis Danby
–
The Deluge
Eugène Delacroix
(
Musée du Louvre
,
Paris
)
Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople
The Shipwreck of Don Juan
William Etty
Andromeda, Perseus Coming to Her Rescue
The Wrestlers
(approximate date)
Francis Grant
–
Queen Victoria Riding Out
Horatio Greenough
–
George Washington
(statue,
Washington, D.C.
)
Benjamin Robert Haydon
–
The Duke of Wellington Describing the Field of Waterloo to George IV
Samuel Jackson
–
View of the Avon at Hotwells
Edwin Landseer
–
Laying Down The Law
, or Trial by Jury
(
Chatsworth House
,
England
)
William Linnell
-
Smugglerius
[
6
]
Robert Scott Lauder
–
Portrait of David Roberts
John Martin
–
The Eve of the Deluge
(British
Royal Collection
) and
The Assuaging of the Waters
(
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
)
Andrew Morton
–
The Duke of Wellington with Colonel Gurwood at Apsley House
David Roberts
–
A View in Cairo
John Christian Schetky
–
Loss of the Royal George
Armand Toussaint
–
Persephone
(sculpture)
(approx. date)
J. M. W. Turner
The Slave Ship
, or Slavers throwing overboard the Dead and Dying — Typhoon coming on
(
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
)
Venice, the Bridge of Sighs
Neapolitan Fisher Girls Surprised Bathing by Moonlight
Horace Vernet
Judah and Tamar
The Siege of Antwerp
David Wilkie
Portrait of Abdülmecid I
Portrait of Queen Victoria
Franz Xaver Winterhalter
–
Portrait of Leopold I of Belgium
Awards
Grand Prix de Rome
, painting:
Grand Prix de Rome
, sculpture:
Grand Prix de Rome
, architecture:
Théodore Ballu
.
Grand Prix de Rome
, music:
F.E.V. Bazin
.
Births
February 7
–
Ida Göthilda Nilsson
,
Swedish
sculptor (died 1920)
April 22
–
Odilon Redon
,
French
painter and graphic artist (died
1916
)
April 28
–
Caroline Shawk Brooks
, American sculptor (died
1913
)
May 2
–
Philippe Solari
,
Provençal
sculptor
(died
1906
)
May 28
–
Hans Makart
,
Austrian
painter and designer (died
1884
)
July 8
–
Heinrich von Angeli
, Austrian society portrait painter (died
1925
)
August 14
–
Briton Rivière
,
English
painter (died
1920
)
September 27
–
Thomas Nast
,
German American
cartoonist (died
1902
)
November 12
–
Auguste Rodin
, French sculptor (died
1917
)
November 14
–
Claude Monet
, French Impressionist painter (died
1926
)
[
7
]
December 1
–
Marie Bracquemond
, née Quivoron, French Impressionist painter (died
1916
)
probable
–
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
,
Irish American
photographer of the American Civil War (died
1882
)
Deaths
January 16
–
František Tkadlík
, Czech painter (born
1786
)
February 9
–
Luke Clennell
, English engraver and painter (born
1781
)
February 27
–
Henry Wyatt
, English portrait painter (born
1794
)
March 19
–
Thomas Daniell
, landscape painter (born
1749
)
March 30
–
Beau Brummell
, leader of fashion (born
1778
)
April 7
–
William Heath
, English satirical engraver (born
1794
)
[
8
]
April 10
–
Alexander Nasmyth
, painter (born
1758
)
May 5
–
Robert Trewick Bone
English painter of sacred, classical and genre scenes (born
1790
)
May 7
–
Caspar David Friedrich
, painter (born
1774
)
May 11
–
Eduard Joseph d'Alton
, German engraver and naturalist (born
1772
)
June 20
–
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
, flower painter (born
1759
)
July 6
–
Johann Heinrich Ramberg
, German painter and printmaker (born
1763
)
July 23
–
Carl Blechen
,
German
painter, specializing in
fantastic
landscapes
with
demons
and
grotesque
figures (born
1798
)
August 30
-
Jonas Damelis
, Lithuanian
neoclassicist
painter (born
1780
)
October 28
–
Reverend John Thomson
,
minister
of
Duddingston Kirk
near
Edinburgh
, and landscape painter (born
1778
)
November 7
–
Pierre Petitot
, French sculptor (born
1760
)
December 11
–
Franz Bauer
, Austrian microscopist and botanical artist (born
1758
)
date unknown
Moritz Fuerst
, American engraver and medallist (born
1782
)
Luigi Rados
, Italian engraver (born
1773
)
References
↑
Hill, H. W. (1940).
The Fight for the Penny Post
. London: Warne. pp.
75–
79.
↑
"Icons, a portrait of England 1840–1860"
. Archived from
the original
on August 17, 2007
. Retrieved
September 13,
2007
.
↑
Blake, Richard.
The Book of Postal Dates, 1635–1985
. Caterham: Marden. p.
10.
↑
Penguin Pocket On This Day
. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.
ISBN
0-141-02715-0
.
↑
Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).
The Chronology of British History
. London: Century Ltd. pp.
263–
264.
ISBN
0-7126-5616-2
.
↑
Felice, Andrea (December 8, 2012).
"The True Story of Smugglerius"
. FeliceCalchi Plaster Casts & Sculptures
. Retrieved
August 26,
2024
.
↑
"Claude Monet | Biography, Art, Water Lilies, Haystacks, Impression: Sunrise, & Facts | Britannica"
.
www.britannica.com
. Retrieved
June 7,
2022
.
↑
Oxford University Press (June 21, 2012).
Benezit Dictionary of British Graphic Artists and Illustrators
. OUP USA. p.
536.
ISBN
978-0-19-992305-2
.
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