BIRD, JOHN (1768 - 1829), landscape painter
Date of birth: 1768
Date of death: 1829
Gender: Male
Occupation: landscape painter
Area of activity: Art and Architecture
Author: Thomas Mardy Rees
Born at Cardiff, 1768. He prepared some drawings for Principal Seats of the Nobility (1787) and other topographical works. Examples of his work are ' Llewenni Hall ' (copper-plate engraving) and ' Llewenni Bleach Works ', now in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. He died at Whitby.
Author
- Reverend Thomas Mardy Rees, (1871 - 1953)
- Michael Bryan, Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers
Sources
Published date: 1959
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