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Francis Danby

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Night seascape of a robed figure walking on stormy water toward a boat with lantern light and a crescent moon.

Le Christ marchant sur les eaux

1826

Watercolor of an old wooden boat burning on a sandy shore, with a dark smoke plume rising under a blue sky.

Burning of an Old Boat

1850

Painting of three mourning women beside a tall urn on a rock, with a glowing sunset over water behind them.

The three sisters of Phaeton weeping over the tomb of their brother

1845

Dark stormy sea with crowds of figures clinging to a rock and swimming in waves, a glowing winged angel at right.

The Deluge

1840

Painting of a sunlit wooded gorge with a rushing stream, boulders, and two small figures resting on rocks at right.

The Mountain Torrent

1820

Painting of a deep river gorge with steep cliffs, trees, a woman with a basket on a rocky path, and a winding river below.

The Avon Gorge

1816

Dusky landscape with a windswept tree silhouetted against a setting orange sun over distant hills.

Hampstead Heath, Sunset

1845

Painting of a seated figure overlooking a lake and rose-lit mountain ranges at dusk, with a sketchbook beside them.

The Painter's Holiday

1844

Loose oil sketch of a garden with a lattice fence, dark trees and a stormy cloudy sky, by Francis Danby.

A View across the Artist's Garden from his House at Exmouth, Devonshire

1850

Oil sketch of a river gorge at sunset with glowing orange sky, wooded cliffs, a chimney stack, and small figures by the water

The Avon Gorge at Sunset

1850

Painting of a lake beneath steep mountains with a rowboat, sailboat, and figures on a grassy shore under a pale sky.

End of Lake Geneva

1835

Night scene of a torchlit funeral procession moving through a rocky valley beneath mountains, with a moon on the right.

Funeral Procession

1848

Dark wooded ravine with rocky cliffs, three figures resting on a path, and a distant town under a cloudy sky.

Landscape near Clifton

1822

Painting of a shipwrecked vessel in stormy waves under a fiery red sunset sky, with a rowboat of survivors nearby.

Shipwreck

1850

Painting of a riverbank with a wooden boat hull under construction, small boats on calm water, and a hazy hillside.

Boat Building near Dinan, Brittany

1838

Painting of children playing by a woodland brook as a woman with a jug stands on stone steps beneath dense trees.

Children by a Brook

1822

Small painting of a red sunset over a dark sea with rocky cliffs and a pale figure standing at the shoreline.

Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'

1843

Lithograph of figures resting on a hill with goats, overlooking wooded valleys, a mansion, and ships on distant water.

View from Kings, Weston Hill, from Three Views, Illustrative of The Scenery of Bristol, and its Vicinity

1823

Brown-toned watercolor of a seated woman in a pale dress beside a marsh with reeds, bare trees and a glowing horizon.

Figures in a Landscape

c. 1813-61

Brown monochrome wash drawing of a wide coastal panorama with dark clouds over a glowing horizon and flat shoreline.

Panorama of the Coast at Sunset

1813

Watercolor of tall limestone cliffs above a calm river gorge, with sailing boats, a rowboat, and figures on a rocky shore.

Saint Vincent's Rocks and the Avon Gorge

1815

Watercolor of three women seated by a wooded lake beneath tall feathery trees, with small figures in the distance.

Three Women Seated by a Wooded Lake

1826

Dark brown wash drawing of rocky outcrops rising from a still lake beneath shadowed hills.

A Dark, Rocky Lake

1825