Clarkson Frederick Stanfield

1793–1867

*The Smoke of the Volcano. Verso: Outline of a Wooded Hillside with Rock* 1839
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Biography

Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (3 December 1793 – 18 May 1867) was a prominent English painter (often inaccurately credited as William Clarkson Stanfield) who was best known for his large-scale paintings of dramatic marine subjects and landscapes. He was the father of the painter George Clarkson Stanfield and the composer Francis Stanfield.

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