Clarkson Stanfield
1793 – 1867
English painter and scenographer. The son of Mary Hoad and James Field Stanfield, an Irish actor and author, he was apprenticed to a heraldic coach painter at the age of 12, but in 1808 he abandoned this and went to sea in a collier. In 1812 he was press-ganged and spent two years on HMS Namur, the guard-ship at Sheerness.
5 artworks in collection
Locations
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Works
18361856
18361856
Museum
Battle of Trafalgar
Private collection1836
Roveredo
Private collection1851
