John Mogford (1821– 2 November 1885) was an English landscape painter.[1]

Bamborough Castle, 1875 plate from Picturesque Europe, after John Mogford

Life

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Grave of John Mogford in Highgate Cemetery

Mogford's background was in Devon. He studied at the Somerset House Government School of Design, and then exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Suffolk Street Gallery.[1] He lived in Hampstead, and became a member of the Institute of Painters in Watercolours, where he was known for his Cornish landscapes.[2]

Mogford taught at the Maddox Street art school, where his pupils included Emily Mary Osborn.[3] He married a daughter of Francis Danby.[1]

He died on the 2nd November 1885 and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c H. L. Mallalieu (1986). The Dictionary of British Watercolour Artists up to 1920. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 237. ISBN 1-85149-025-6.
  2. ^ Records of the manor, parish, and borough of Hampstead, in the county of London, to December 31st, 1889 (1890), p. 397
  3. ^ Sara Gray (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Casemate Publishers. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-7188-3084-7.
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