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Schools in London, and began exhibiting his works at the annual Royal Academy shows in 1825 (with the painting "My Den"). He last exhibited in London in 1844. He was influenced by the work of his contemporary,
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Davis painted portraits, landscapes, and church interiors, and developed a distinctive speciality in painting the interiors of art galleries. His picture
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as well. Between 1842 and 1845 he was commissioned to draw copies of the paintings in the collections of the British royal palaces.
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in 1841 (sending the picture "Jack after a successful cruise, visiting his old comrades at Greenwich").
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Davis painted scenes on the Continent during his travels there. In 1831 he had a commission from
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on 29 September 1845, at his London home, 11, Bedford Street, in
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Davis painted the interiors of the 610:19th-century deaths from tuberculosis 401:, London, Phaidon Press, 1999; p. 27. 314: 454: 351: 13: 404: 14: 631: 620:19th-century English male artists 505: 179:James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger 497:Dictionary of National Biography 339:John Scarlett Davis: A Biography 150: 437:"John Scarlett Davis 1804–1845" 290:Hereford Museum and Art Gallery 160:The Spaniards - Hampstead Heath 615:Tuberculosis deaths in England 391: 1: 565:19th-century English painters 491:"Davies, John Scarlett"  307: 265:and was buried at All Souls, 163: 38: 385:UK public library membership 234:to paint an interior of the 205:, and in 1832 some views of 16:19th-century English painter 7: 302:Yale Center for British Art 10: 636: 538:Main Gallery at the Louvre 466:Metropolitan Museum of Art 298:Metropolitan Museum of Art 585:English landscape artists 580:English portrait painters 549:Government Art Collection 416:National Portrait Gallery 282:National Portrait Gallery 114: 106: 98: 74: 48: 30: 23: 543:3 September 2009 at the 272:He is commemorated by a 213:pictures on the walls. 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Leominster
England
Bedford Square
London
landscape
portrait
architectural painter
lithographer

Leominster
James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger
Royal Academy
Richard Parkes Bonington
lithographed
Rubens
Bolton Abbey
Turner
John Ruskin
Modern Painters
Louvre
Lord Farnborough
Vatican
Escurial
Florence
Uffizi
Amsterdam
pulmonary tuberculosis
Bedford Square
Kensal Green

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