Theatrical scenic artist, marine and landscape painter, Royal Academician.
Born Sunderland. Died Hampstead.
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Clarkson Stanfield
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Clarkson Stanfield
Stanfield House - Hampstead Clarkson Stanfield, 1793 - 1867, theatrical scen...
Pepys, Harley, Etty, Stanfield
In a house formerly standing on this site lived Samuel Pepys, 1633 - 1703, di...
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