Bulkeley, William (b. )

Given Name: William

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Given Name: Randle

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Given Name: Alice

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Given Name: William

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Given Name: Margaret

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Given Name: Henry

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Given Name: William

Death: OCT 1399

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Given Name: John

Death: 23 FEB 1394

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Given Name: Elizabeth

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Given Name: Thomas

Death: BEF 1363

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Given Name: Robert

Death: 1375

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Given Name: Elizabeth

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Given Name: Thomas

Death: 1310

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Given Name: Amice

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Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Clagett
Title: Brice M. Clagett, Seven Centuries

Given Name: Margaret

Death: AFT 1484

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Given Name: John

Death: 1769

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Note: d. of Rev Xtpher Denton Rector of Gosforth Cumb on May 12th 1730 at Gosfrorth. She died 2nd June 1750.

Given Name: Catherine

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Note: Christopher Steele was a portrait painter who began his studies with the marine artist Richard Wright in Liverpool and then studied with Carle Vanloo's studio in Paris. It was there he developed the flamboyant persona that earned him the nickname "Count Steele."

He moved to Kendal in 1755 where he took as a pupil for four years George Romney, only one year younger than he. Romney, in his memoirs, reported several adventures with his teacher, mostly of the wine, women, and song variety. In 1756 Steele eloped with an heiress and settled in Lancashire, freeing Romney from his indentures. His wife died in 1761 and Steele came to New York and then Philadelphia, where he received several commissions but did not complete them and his brother Henry had to make restoration to the families whose money Christopher had taken.

He returned to Egremont in 1767 and died early in 1768.

The Grove Dictionary of Art says of him that, "Despite his dissipation and indolence Steele was far from being an 'itinerant dauber,' as he is sometimes described. Over thirty works are at present attributed to him; they indicate that he was familiar with the works of Thomas Hudson and other contemporary portrait painters based in London. Steele's awareness of texture and finish place him far above the typical provincial painter of the time."

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Abbreviation: DNB

Source: (Individual)
Abbreviation: Turner
Title: Turner, Jane (ed.), <i>Dictionary of Art</i> (Grove, 1996.)

Page: Vol. 29, p. 584

Given Name: Christopher

Death: 1768 Egremont, Cumberlandshire

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Baptism: 8 APR 1736

Given Name: Isabella

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Baptism: 1739

Given Name: Thomas

Death: 1741

Burial: Egremont, Cumberlandshire

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