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English Landscape, by William Groombridge, 1811. Oil on canvas. 49 13/64 x 35 53/64 in. (125 x 91 cm). Maryland Historical Society, Accession: 1943-50-1.
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Landscape, by William Groombridge, Late 18th-early 19th c. Oil on canvas. 28 15/64 x 36 3/32 in. (71.7 x 91.7 cm.) Maryland Historical Society, Accession: 1923-17-23.
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Medium/Discipline: Painting
Birthplace: Kent, England
Place of Death: Baltimore, Maryland
Maryland Affiliation: Active while in residence
Prominent Theme: Landscape
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Biography: William Groombridge, a native of Kent, England, was a pupil of the landscape painter James Lambert of Lewes, England. Groombridge was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy of London until 1790. He was in New York in 1793 and in Philadelphia in 1794 and was a founder of the "Columbianum" Art Academy. His wife, herself an amateur painter, kept a girl's school. Groombridge is listed for the first time in the Philadelphia directories in 1800 as a landscape and portrait painter. In 1804, he moved to Baltimore, where he died seven years later. He was a contemporary of the perhaps better-known Francis Guy.
Selected References: Pleasants, J. Hall. Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland (Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art), 1945.
Maryland Institutions Holding Artworks: Maryland Historical Society
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