1847 in art
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See also: 1846 in art, other 1847 events, 1848 in art, list of years in art.
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[edit] Events
- William Dyce is commissioned to decorate the Queen's Robing Room at the newly-completed Palace of Westminster.
[edit] Works
- Thomas Cole - Indian Pass Tawahus
- Jean-Léon Gérôme - The Cock Fight
- Edward Hicks - Penn's Treaty
- Antoine Wiertz - Deux jeunes filles (La Belle Rosine)
[edit] Births
- July 20 - Max Liebermann, painter (d. 1935)
- October 6 - Adolf von Hildebrand, sculptor (d. 1921)
- November 10 - Frederick Arthur Bridgman, painter (d. 1928)
- date unknown - John Macallan Swan, painter and sculptor (d. 1910)
[edit] Deaths
- March 17 - Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard (J.J. Grandville), caricaturist (b. 1803)
- April 21 - Friedrich von Gärtner, architect (b. 1847)
- December 29 - William Crotch, musician and painter (b. 1847)
- date unknown - Guillaume-Joseph Roques, painter (b. 1847)
