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James Thornhill

1675 - 1734

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Sir James Thornhill (25 July 1675 or 1676 – 4 May 1734) was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the "Painted Hall" at the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, the paintings on the inside of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, and works at Chatsworth House and Wimpole Hall. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Thornhill is the 1,967th most popular painter (down from 1,908th in 2019), the 5,533rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,650th in 2019) and the 124th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, James Thornhill ranks 1,967 out of 2,023. Before him are Rebecca Solomon, Tom Roberts, Thomas Dewing, Ahmed Al Safi, Eugene J. Martin, and Keiji Inafune. After him are William Nicholson, Henry Ossawa Tanner, El Kazovsky, Mike Kelley, Howard Hodgkin, and Arthur Streeton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1675, James Thornhill ranks 13. Before him are Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Guillaume Delisle, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Samuel Clarke, and Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg.  Among people deceased in 1734, James Thornhill ranks 15. Before him are Johann Conrad Dippel, Danylo Apostol, Domenico Trezzini, Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans, and Gavriil Golovkin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Thornhill ranks 5,535 out of 8,785. Before him are Molly Peters (1942), Ben Daniels (1964), Max Hastings (1945), John Wark (1957), Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford (1868), and Thomas Lodge (1558). After him are Vivien Merchant (1929), Adrian Biddle (1952), Anna Neagle (1904), Carole Shelley (1939), Thomas Norton (1532), and Stevie Chalmers (1935).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, James Thornhill ranks 124. Before him are Derek Riggs (1958), Thomas Baines (1820), Laura Knight (1877), David Cox (1783), Rebecca Solomon (1832), and Tom Roberts (1856). After him are William Nicholson (1872), Howard Hodgkin (1932), Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), Hablot Knight Browne (1815), John Sell Cotman (1782), and John Crome (1768).

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