Artist
Francis Nicholson
British, 1753–1844
Francis Nicholson was a British British Romanticism artist. 13 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Francis Nicholson was born in Pickering.
Lieutenant-General Francis Nicholson was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of South Carolina from 1721 to 1725. He also served as the governor of Nova Scotia from 1712 to 1715, the governor of Virginia from 1698 to 1705, the governor of Maryland from 1694 to 1698, the lieutenant-governor of Virginia from 1690 to 1692 and the lieutenant-governor of the Dominion of New England from 1688 to 1689.
Works by Francis Nicholson
The Mill
Landscape view of a valley with figures and mountains
Hawes Water, Westmoreland
Pont Aberglaslyn, North Wales
Scarborough
Scarborough: Shipwreck at the foot of the castle cliff
Loch Lomond
Lamb Row, Chester
Ghirimeer on the Upper Lake of Killarney
Cascade near Gayle, Wensleydale
Ripon Cathedral, from near the river
Edinburgh from Bruntsfield Links
River Scene
Collections represented
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