John Ingleby (painter)

John Ingleby
Born 1749
Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales
Died 1808 (aged 59)
Halkyn, Flintshire, Wales
Nationality Welsh
Known for painter
Movement Post-Impressionism
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John Ingleby (1749–1808) was a Welsh topographical artist who produced minature watercolours for the antiquarian Thomas Pennant (1726–1798). He was born in Halkyn, Flintshire, to Hugh Ingleby and Ann Davies, where he lived for most of his life.[1] The Inglebys originally came from Cornwall to Flintshire where they worked the lead mines at Halkyn; four years after John Ingleby's death, the family went bankrupt.[2]

When he died in 1808 at his home village, church records indicate that he worked as a "limner" – a craftsmen who worked on a small scale, who was well established.[3]

Work

The collection of Ingleby watercolours established at the National Library of Wales are mostly views of North Wales. His best work involve little townscapes which are full of detail, and are valuable records of life at those towns and villages in the 18th – early 19th century. The colours are usually transparent, soft and even.

References

  1. ↑ geni.com; visited 16 February 2016
  2. ↑ rhydymwynvalleyhistory.co.uk; visited 16 February 2016
  3. ↑ National Library of Wales website; visited 16 February 2016
Artists in Wales by Paul Joyner; c.1740 – c.1851. Aberystwyth : National Library of Wales, 1997.


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