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of each particular master he undertook to imitate. As an artist, he possessed powers of a great range in oil and water-colour painting, as is abundantly attested by his numerous portraits, miniatures, vigorous original subjects of still life, and his exquisite water-colour copies, over which he threw a peculiar charm.
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It has been a great advantage to the world of art, when fine original pictures have been inaccessible to the engraver, to have copies made by an artist of the powers possessed by Mr. Derby, who, while he attended with the greatest care to the most minute accessories, caught the spirit and character
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picture is among the choicest productions of this highly-gifted master. The copy is also a gem: the elegance of the drawing, the deep sentiment of the work, and the various textures and local colours, are given with a fidelity and beauty truly
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In 1838 a severe attack of paralysis deprived him of speech and the use of one side of his body, but in a few months he had recovered sufficiently to continue his work, which he did with the assistance of his son,
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He died in Osnaburgh Street, London, on 1 January 1847, survived by his widow, Lucy, and eight children. He was buried in a family grave close to the upper entrance of the western side of
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He then pursued a career as portrait and miniature painter, occasionally making watercolour copies of notable pictures, until 1825, when he succeeded
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A Dictionary of Artists who have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions of Oil Paintings from 1760 to 1880
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A Catalogue of the Library Collected by Miss Richardson Currer at Eshton hall
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In an obituary of Derby, the sculptor Peter Hollins singled out his copy of
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for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1833 with a poetical illustration by
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Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain
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Index

William Derby (disambiguation)
miniature painter
copyist

Birmingham
Joseph Barber
Marquess of Stafford
William Young Ottley
Peltro William Tomkins
William Hilton
Lodge
Earl of Derby
Alfred Thomas Derby
Landseer's
Petworth House
Royal Academy
British Institution
Society of British Artists
Highgate Cemetery
Alfred Thomas Derby
Henry Room
John Franklin, portrait by Derby engraved by James Thomson.
John Franklin
James Thomson
William Crotch, portrait by Derby engraved by Thomson, 1822
William Crotch



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