Joseph Mallord William Turner,known in his time as William Turner,was an English Romantic painter,printmaker and watercolourist. He is known for his expressive colouring,imaginative landscapes and turbulent,often violent marine paintings. He left behind more than 550 oil paintings,2,000 watercolours,and 30,000 works on paper. He was championed by the leading English art critic John Ruskin from 1840,and is today regarded as having elevated landscape painting to an eminence rivalling history painting.
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is a London borough in East London. It lies around 9 miles (14.4 km) east of Central London. It is an Outer London borough and the south is within the London Riverside section of the Thames Gateway;an area designated as a national priority for urban regeneration. At the 2011 census it had a population of 187,000,the majority of which are within the Becontree estate. The borough's three main towns are Barking,Chadwell Heath and Dagenham. The local authority is the Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council. Barking and Dagenham was one of six London boroughs to host the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Richard Westall was an English painter and illustrator of portraits,historical and literary events,best known for his portraits of Byron. He was also Queen Victoria's drawing master.
Richard Parkes Bonington was an English Romantic landscape painter,who moved to France at the age of 14 and can also be considered as a French artist,and an intermediary bringing aspects of English style to France. Becoming,after his early death,one of the most influential British artists of his time,the facility of his style was inspired by the old masters,yet was entirely modern in its application. His landscapes were mostly of coastal scenes,with a low horizon and large sky,showing a brilliant handling of light and atmosphere. He also painted small historical cabinet paintings in a freely-handled version of the troubadour style.
The Courtauld Gallery is an art museum in Somerset House,on the Strand in central London. It houses the collection of the Samuel Courtauld Trust and operates as an integral part of the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Dagenham was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament that elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It was replaced at the 2010 general election largely by Dagenham and Rainham.
Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder,Mrs Houston,was a Scottish painter and printmaker. She was the first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy.
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London,England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2022 the council has comprised 51 councillors representing 19 wards,with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.
Dagenham and Rainham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Jon Cruddas of the Labour Party since its 2010 creation.
Elections for Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2006. The whole council was up for election. Barking and Dagenham is split up into 17 wards,each electing 3 councillors,so a total of 51 seats were up for election.
The 2008 London mayoral election for the office of Mayor of London,England,was held on 1 May 2008. Conservative candidate Boris Johnson defeated incumbent Labour Mayor Ken Livingstone. It was the third London mayoral election,the previous elections being the first election in May 2000 and the second election in June 2004.
Simon Darby is a British politician and former deputy chairman of the British National Party.
The 2010 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council in London,England.
Andrew Boff is a British politician who has been Chair of the London Assembly since 2023,and previously from 2021 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has served as a London-wide Assembly Member (AM) since the 2008 election. Boff served as Leader of the Conservatives in the London Assembly from June 2012 to October 2015.
This article lists the British National Party's election results in the UK parliamentary,Scottish parliamentary and Welsh Assembly elections,as well as in the European Parliament elections and at a local level.
Claude Henry Buckle R.I.,Royal Society for Marine Artists (R.S.M.A.) was an English painter well known for railway posters,carriage prints and for oil and watercolour paintings.
Henry Gillard Glindoni R.B.A.,A.R.W.S. was a British painter noted for historical genre works.
The Socialist Labour Party (SLP) is a socialist political party in the United Kingdom. The party was established in 1996 and is led by Arthur Scargill,a former Labour Party member and the former leader of the National Union of Mineworkers. The party's name highlights its commitment to socialism and acknowledges Clause IV of the Labour Party's former constitution,as fundamental to the party's identity.
The 2018 Barking and Dagenham Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Barking and Dagenham Council in London. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party won every available council seat for the third election in a row,winning 74% of the popular vote. The Conservatives saw their vote share rise by 13 percentage points,but failed to win any seats.
The 2022 Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022. All 51 members of Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council were elected. The elections took place alongside local elections in the other London boroughs and elections to local authorities across the United Kingdom.
