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Kirkdale (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry halsall-william-formby
Halsall, William Formby 1844- Artist; born in Kirkdale, England, March 20, 1844; removed to Boston, where he began to study fresco-painting in 1860, but in the following year joined the navy, and served until 1863. Later he devoted himself to marine painting in Boston. His works include Chasing a blockade-runner in a fog; First fight of ironclads, monitor and Merrimac, which was purchased by the government and hung in the United States Senate Chamber; The Mayflower, now in Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass., etc.
Accomack (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry halsall-william-formby
Halsall, William Formby 1844- Artist; born in Kirkdale, England, March 20, 1844; removed to Boston, where he began to study fresco-painting in 1860, but in the following year joined the navy, and served until 1863. Later he devoted himself to marine painting in Boston. His works include Chasing a blockade-runner in a fog; First fight of ironclads, monitor and Merrimac, which was purchased by the government and hung in the United States Senate Chamber; The Mayflower, now in Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass., etc.
William Formby Halsall (search for this): entry halsall-william-formby
Halsall, William Formby 1844- Artist; born in Kirkdale, England, March 20, 1844; removed to Boston, where he began to study fresco-painting in 1860, but in the following year joined the navy, and served until 1863. Later he devoted himself to marine painting in Boston. His works include Chasing a blockade-runner in a fog; First fight of ironclads, monitor and Merrimac, which was purchased by the government and hung in the United States Senate Chamber; The Mayflower, now in Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass., etc.
1844 AD (search for this): entry halsall-william-formby
Halsall, William Formby 1844- Artist; born in Kirkdale, England, March 20, 1844; removed to Boston, where he began to study fresco-painting in 1860, but in the following year joined the navy, and served until 1863. Later he devoted himself to marine painting in Boston. His works include Chasing a blockade-runner in a fog; First fight of ironclads, monitor and Merrimac, which was purchased by the government and hung in the United States Senate Chamber; The Mayflower, now in Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass., etc.
1860 AD (search for this): entry halsall-william-formby
Halsall, William Formby 1844- Artist; born in Kirkdale, England, March 20, 1844; removed to Boston, where he began to study fresco-painting in 1860, but in the following year joined the navy, and served until 1863. Later he devoted himself to marine painting in Boston. His works include Chasing a blockade-runner in a fog; First fight of ironclads, monitor and Merrimac, which was purchased by the government and hung in the United States Senate Chamber; The Mayflower, now in Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass., etc.
1863 AD (search for this): entry halsall-william-formby
Halsall, William Formby 1844- Artist; born in Kirkdale, England, March 20, 1844; removed to Boston, where he began to study fresco-painting in 1860, but in the following year joined the navy, and served until 1863. Later he devoted himself to marine painting in Boston. His works include Chasing a blockade-runner in a fog; First fight of ironclads, monitor and Merrimac, which was purchased by the government and hung in the United States Senate Chamber; The Mayflower, now in Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass., etc.
March 20th, 1844 AD (search for this): entry halsall-william-formby
Halsall, William Formby 1844- Artist; born in Kirkdale, England, March 20, 1844; removed to Boston, where he began to study fresco-painting in 1860, but in the following year joined the navy, and served until 1863. Later he devoted himself to marine painting in Boston. His works include Chasing a blockade-runner in a fog; First fight of ironclads, monitor and Merrimac, which was purchased by the government and hung in the United States Senate Chamber; The Mayflower, now in Memorial Hall, Plymouth, Mass., etc.