SEVERN, JOSEPH

sĕvˈərn, 1793–1879, English portrait and landscape painter. He was consul at Rome from 1861 to 1872. He is best known for his devotion to Keats during the poet's last days. He became a popular portraitist, especially among the friends and associates of Keats.

See biography by W. Sharp (1892, repr. 1973); S. Smith, Countess of Birkenhead, Against Oblivion (1944) and Illustrious Friends (1965).

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Against Oblivion: The Life of Joseph Severn
Book by Sheila Birkenhead; The Macmillan Company, 1944
Subjects: Severn, Joseph--1793-1879
...name! PREFACE TO SHELLEYS "ADONAIS." JOSEPH SEVERN from the pencil drawing by Seymour Kirkup...in William Sharps Life and Letters of Joseph Severn . AGAINS OBLIVION The Life of Joseph Severn By SHEILA BIRKENHEAD ILLUSTRATED...
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Memoirs of Joseph John Gurney: With Selections from His Journal and Correspondence - Vol. 2
Book by Joseph Bevan Braithwaite; Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1854
Subjects: Gurney, Joseph John--1788-1847
MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH JOHN GURNEY; WITH Selections from...Journal and Corrresponderre. EDITED BY JOSEPH BEVAN BRAITHWAITE. "Herein do I exercise...Recollections of Joseph John Gurney, by his Daughter 531...
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The Farington Diary
Book by James Greig, Joseph Farington; Hutchinson & Co., 1923
Subjects: Artists--Biography, Farington, Joseph--1747-1821, Royal Academy Of Arts (Great Britain)
...FARINGTON DIARY THE FARINGTON DIARY BY JOSEPH FARINGTON, R.A. EDITED BY JAMES GREIG...CO. PATERNOSTER ROW INTRODUCTION JOSEPH FARINGTON, R.A., who studied under Richard...of the Diary. He says: "The Diary of Joseph Farington", in the Morning Post , gives...
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The Life of J. M. W. Turner, R.A
Book by A. J. Finberg; Clarendon Press, 1961
Subjects: Turner, J. M. W--(Joseph Mallord William)--1775-1851
...material derived from the Diaries of Joseph Farington, R.A. The extracts edited by...The first offspring of this marriage, Joseph Mallord William Turner, was born on...mothers family of whom we have record is Joseph Mallord, whose will was proved April...
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The Crabtree Orations 1954-1994
Book by Bryan Bennett, Negley Harte; Crabtree Foundation, 1997
Subjects: Crabtree Foundation, Crabtree, Joseph--1754-1854, Speeches, Addresses, Etc., English
...University Press, Cambridge The Portrait of Joseph Crabtree (1754-1854), presented to the...R.S. Nyholm 55 Joseph Scott 60 Andrew...Arthur Tattersall 175 26 JOSEPH CRABTREE: THE OLD LADY OF THREADNEEDLE...
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journal articles on: Severn Joseph  - 42 results

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Joseph Severn: The Letters and Memoirs
Journal article by Andrew Bennett; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 102, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Joseph Severn: The Letters and Memoirs (Book)--Book reviews
Joseph Severn: The Letters and Memoirs. by Andrew Bennett Joseph Severn: The Letters and Memoirs. Ed. by Grant...Like Charles Brown and J. H. Reynolds, Joseph Severn has come to be known as the friend of...
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Grant F. Scott, Editor. Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs
Journal article by Charles J. Rzepka; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 46, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs (Book)--Book reviews
Grant F. Scott, Editor. Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs. by...Rzepka Grant F. Scott, editor. Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs. Burlington...the selected letters of painter Joseph Severn, close friend, nurse, and comforter...
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Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs
Journal article by John Whale; Wordsworth Circle, Vol. 36, 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs (Book)--Book reviews
Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs. by John Whale Grant F. Scott, Ed. Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs. (Ashgate 2005...February, 1821, appeared to the young Joseph Severn (1793-1879) "like a horrible dream" and...
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Writing Keats's Last Days: Severn, Sharp, and Romantic Biography
Journal article by Grant F. Scott; Studies in Romanticism, Vol. 42, 2003
Subjects: Authors--History, Biography--Analysis, Keats, John--History
...from the letters and memoirs of Joseph Severn, the artist who accompanied the...biographer, whose Life and Letters of Joseph Severn (1892) has remained an invaluable...Writing of The Life and Letters of Joseph Severn (1892) Sharp composed his life...
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Tolondron. Speeches to John Bowle about His Edition of Don Quixote, Together with Some Account of Spanish Literature
Journal article by Joseph Baretti; Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America, Vol. 23, 2003
Subjects: Bowle, John--Discursos, ensayos, conferencias, Crytica--Siglo XVIII, Editores, El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Crytica, interpretaciyn, etc., El ingenioso Hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha (Libro)--Redacciyn
...Together with Some Account of Spanish Literature. by Joseph Baretti Cosa digna de embidia Es el consuelo que...as how there was in London-town an odd fellow, ycleped Joseph Baretti, who to your most positive knowledge, knows...
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magazine articles on: Severn Joseph  - 19 results

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An Incident at Severn Stoke, 11 September 1830
Magazine article by Robert J. Bruce; Musical Times, Vol. 150, Autumn 2009
Subjects: Coaches & managers, Colleges & universities, Daughters, Fatalities, Meetings, Music festivals, Musical performances, Musicians & conductors, Singing
...very high. At the bottom of Severn Stoke hill the tremendous noise...most seriously injured were Joseph Hughes, who had a fractured...nearby Boars Head Inn, where Joseph Hughes died at three oclock...travelled back the seven miles to Severn Stoke to be called as witnesses...
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Reunions
Magazine article; Sea Classics, Vol. 40, September 2007
...DE-1006), USS Hartley (DE-1029), USS John Willis (DE-1027), USS Joseph K. Tausslg (DE-1030), USS Lester (DE-1022), USS Van Voorhis...Contact: James R. Rapson; 401-781-5879; jrrapson@cox.net USS Severn (AO-61 ). 27-30 September at Portsmouth, NH. Contact: David...
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By the Rockets' Red Glare
Magazine article by Blaine Taylor; Sea Classics, Vol. 42, June 2009
...honor fell to Capt. Nourse aboard HMS Severn, and it was under his leadership, therefore...felt like sitting ducks, or, as Capt. Joseph Nicholson later wrote, "We were like pigeons...Star Fort by storm by simply sending in Severn, Havannah and Hebrus alongside the walls...
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A Look beyond the Tragic Mystique: Posthumous Keats
Magazine article by Matthew Ladd; American Scholar, Vol. 77, Summer 2008
Subjects: A Look Beyond the Tragic Mystique: Posthumous Keats (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Plumlys new biography, John Keats and Joseph Severn, the young artist who will eventually...ancient Roman road is so bumpy that Severn decides to walk alongside, picking...criticism of Endymion," and Brown and Severn somewhat precipitously decided that...
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Industrial Power Brokers: This Year Marks the 300th Anniversary of the Birth of the Industrial Revolution in What Is Now a Quiet Shropshire Town as Well as the 200th Anniversary of the Death of One of Britain's Greatest Industrialists, Matthew Boulton
Magazine article by Ross Reyburn; History Today, Vol. 59, July 2009
Subjects: Boulton, Matthew--Appreciation, Industrial Revolution, ca. 1750-1900--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Industrialists--Appreciation, Industry--History, Industry--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
...was aware this area was rich in raw materials with the River Severn, the motorway of its day, for transport, points out de Haan...gatherings of brilliant minds included master potter Josiah Wedgwood, Joseph Priestley, discoverer of oxygen, and the remarkable scientist...
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newspaper articles on: Severn Joseph  - 65 results

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Pearl Harbor Remembered; Severn River Bridge Memorial Dedicated on 65th Anniversary
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 8, 2006
...bridge, commonly called the Severn River Bridge, because it is...squadron in Pearl Harbor.Photo by Joseph Silverman/The Washington Times...attack on Pearl Harbor.Photo by Joseph Silverman/The Washington Times; The Severn River Bridge was renamed the...
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HBG Construction Secures Pounds 40m Severn Trent Contract; CONSTRUCTION
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), September 8, 2008
Subjects: Building--Contracts, Construction contracts
...Assessment Method (BREEAM) rating of excellent. In addition to the Severn Trent project, HBG has recently been awarded two other projects...recently handed-over the newly constructed and highly regarded Joseph Chamberlain College in central Birmingham on time and to budget...
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TWD: Fighting for Clean Water
Newspaper article; Birmingham Evening Mail (England), August 21, 2004
Subjects: Chamberlain, Joseph
...Claerwen in Mid Wales. The advice was unheeded. At last in 1874, the mayor Joseph Chamberlain brought forward a resolution to the council that a bill should...B4 6AY. STARTING WORK: Dam construction at the Elan Valley. Thanks to Severn Trent Water
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Letter: 'Poor Relation' Wales
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), January 11, 2008
...recovery since the decline of the British coal industry in the 1980s, says social welfare group, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Abolishing the Severn Bridge tolls would greatly help the South Wales economy. After 10 years of a Labour government and...
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BROUGHT TO JUSTICE; Who's Been in Court?
Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), July 18, 2008
Subjects: Costs (Law), Legal fees
...to harassing her by text message. Wayne Paul Hancock, 27, of Severn Grove, Canton, Cardiff, was given a 12-month community order...costs after pleading guilty to using threatening behaviour. - Joseph Eric Ahmed, 25, of Williton Road, Llanrumney, Cardiff, was given...
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encyclopedia articles on: Severn Joseph  - 2 results

 
 
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Severn, Joseph
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
SEVERN, JOSEPH sev rn, 1793 1879, English portrait and landscape painter. He was consul at Rome from 1861 to 1872. He is best known for his...
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Keats, John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...had contracted tuberculosis, probably from nursing his brother Tom, who died in 1818. With his friend, the artist Joseph Severn , Keats sailed for Italy shortly after the publication of Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems...


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