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Edward Francis Burney
Edward Francis Burney

Edward Francis Burney

English, 1760-1848
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Edward Francis Burney was an English artist. His middle name is sometimes given as "Francisco" or "Francesco".

Burney was born in Worcester on 7 September 1760, the son of Richard Burney and Elizabeth Humphries. The musicologist Charles Burney was his uncle and the writer Frances (or "Fanny") Burney was his cousin. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1776, where he received encouragement from Sir Joshua Reynolds.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1780 until 1803. His work included historical subjects and portraits of friends and family. A portrait of his cousin Frances was engraved as a frontispiece to her works, and in 1780 he exhibited three drawings illustrating her novel Evelina, which were engraved for a 1791 edition of the work. Much of his work was done for book illustrations, including a series for an edition of Milton's Paradise Lost.

In the 1820s Burney painted four large watercolours satirising contemporary musical and social life: The Waltz, The Elegant Establishment for Young Ladies (both Victoria and Albert Museum), Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music and The Glee Club; or, The Triumph of Music (both Yale Center for British Art), possibly with the intention of publishing prints after them. They were never engraved, but he did work up Amateurs of Tye-Wig Music into an oil painting, now in the collection of the Tate Gallery. The picture draws on the debate over the relative virtues of modern music (exemplified by Beethoven and Mozart) as against that of earlier composers, such as Handel, whose bust overlooks the ramshackle band of musicians in the painting, and Corelli, one of whose pieces they are playing. Burney's uncle Charles took a leading part in the argument, on the side of the modernists.

Burney died in London on 16 December 1848, at the age of 88. He never married.

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Musicians

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Paddington Canal; The Junction at Wormwood Scrubbs, with a Passenger Hailing the Uxbridge Passage Boat

Paddington Canal; The Junction at Wormwood Scrubbs, with a Passenger Hailing the Uxbridge Passage Boat

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Pastoral

Pastoral

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Preparatory drawing for The Waltz

Preparatory drawing for The Waltz (1820s)

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Preparatory drawing for The Waltz

Preparatory drawing for The Waltz

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Profile Study of Female Head

Profile Study of Female Head

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Putting Arms in Hands of the Indians

Putting Arms in Hands of the Indians

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Putting Arms in the Hands of Indians

Putting Arms in the Hands of Indians

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Putting Arms in the Hands of the Indians

Putting Arms in the Hands of the Indians

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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River Landscape with Castle

River Landscape with Castle

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Roman Ruins

Roman Ruins

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Six Studies of Mother and Daughter Playing

Six Studies of Mother and Daughter Playing

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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St. Jerome Meditating

St. Jerome Meditating

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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St. Jerome Writing

St. Jerome Writing

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Study for St. Paul at Ephesus

Study for St. Paul at Ephesus

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Study for the Figure of Grammateus

Study for the Figure of Grammateus

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Study for the Figure of St. Paul

Study for the Figure of St. Paul

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Study for the Figures of Demitrius and Two Workmen

Study for the Figures of Demitrius and Two Workmen

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Study for the Kneeling Figure of Priscilla

Study for the Kneeling Figure of Priscilla

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Study for the Magus

Study for the Magus

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Study of Female Head

Study of Female Head

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Telemachus and Mentor Landing on the Island of Calypso.

Telemachus and Mentor Landing on the Island of Calypso.

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Telemachus and Mentor Landing on the Island of Calypso

Telemachus and Mentor Landing on the Island of Calypso

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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The Arts

The Arts

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Theatrical Scene

Theatrical Scene

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Unknown Man

Unknown Man

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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View of Easton Neston, Northants

View of Easton Neston, Northants

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Wedding of a God

Wedding of a God

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Winged Figure Slaying a Bull

Winged Figure Slaying a Bull

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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Wm., Lock Esq…

Wm., Lock Esq…

Edward Francis Burney (English, 1760-1848)
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