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for which the city corporation paid him 100 guineas. By 1831, when Carmichael was living in Blackett Street, Newcastle, he had 18 works included in the annual exhibition of the Northern Academy of Arts, 14 of which were landscapes. During the redevelopment of the centre of Newcastle, Carmichael
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Lumsden, Ian (1987). "New Brunswick Ship Portraiture in the Nineteenth Century: An examination of the Work of John O'Brien, William Gay Yorke, William Howard Yorke, and Edward John Russel". In Fancy, Margaret (ed.).
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Carmichael married Mary Sweet on 20 March 1826. His eldest son, John William, died in 1862 at the age of 32. His eldest daughter Margaret was the mother of artist
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During the second half of the nineteeth century a number of manuals on marine painting were published, including Carmichael's
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A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne including the Borough of Gateshead
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A Dictionary of Artists Who Have Exhibited Works in the Principal London Exhibitions from 1760 to 1893
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The Heroic Exploits of Admiral Lord Collingwood in HMS "Excellent" at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent
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in 1846, he had already established a reputation as a skilled maritime artist. In 1855, during the
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son of a shipbroker and a successful artist who, exasperated by the treatment of artists by the
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The Proceedings of the Art and Music in New Brunswick Symposium, Mount Allison University
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painter. His first historical painting to attract public notice was the
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to produce some joint works, including paintings with designs for the
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as "a sea painter of great, though sometimes uneven, natural talent".
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John Wilson Carmichael, 1799–1868: Painter of Life on Sea and Land
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The Crimean War: British Grand Strategy Against Russia, 1853-56
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The diary Carmichael kept during this trip was acquired by the
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newspaper which had immense influence within the art world.
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Autobiographical Notes of the Life of William Bell Scott
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The Northern Academy of Arts Fourth Annual Exhibition
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Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
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London: Barrie & Jenkins. p. 63. 1105: 890:Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway 750: 748: 746: 684: 682: 474:, 1855, now at the National Maritime Museum 365:The Art of Marine Painting in Water-Colours 280:Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway 472:The Bombardment of Sveaborg, 9 August 1855 157:(9 June 1799 – 2 May 1868), also known as 1347:Works by or about James Wilson Carmichael 1106:Qualm, Roger & Wilcox, Scott (1987). 778: 754: 489:, 1858, now at the Willow Gallery, London 371:(1864). He taught Canadian marine artist 369:The Art of Marine Painting in Oil-Colours 329:reported that two of Carmichael's works, 209:, on 9 June 1799, the first son of Mary ( 772: 743: 679: 239:Fight Between the Shannon and Chesapeake 1267:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1262:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1155: 953: 710:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 705:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 646: 48:Portrait of James Wilson Carmichael by 14: 1366: 1003: 692:"Carmichael, James Wilson (1799–1868)" 1253: 1110:. 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Index

John Wilson Carmichael

Thomas Ellerby
Laing Art Gallery
Newcastle upon Tyne
Scarborough
Maritime art
Landscape painting
Herbert Gustave Schmalz
Henry Seton Merriman
maritime
landscape
oil
watercolours
Newcastle upon Tyne
London
Jeremy Maas
Ouseburn
Newcastle upon Tyne
Northumberland
shipwright
Mackenzie
Spain
Portugal
miniature
guineas
Trinity House
George Balmer
John Dobson
Central station

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