{"title":"Dobbin, John","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Dobbin (baptised 21 March 1815-1888) \u003c\/strong\u003ewas an English landscape painter, the son of John and Elizabeth who lived in Weaver's Yard. John, the son, did not follow the same trade as his father, who was a weaver working in Pease's Mill in Darlington town centre, but was apprenticed instead to a cabinet-maker in Grange Road. He was not happy with this choice of career and, in his twenties, left for London to become an artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDobbin later travelled extensively in Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands. He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1842 and 1875.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDobbin's best-known work is the Opening of the Stockton to Darlington Railway, showing Ignatius Bonomi's Skerne Bridge, portrayed until 2003 on the reverse of Series E £5 notes issued by the Bank of England, where George Stephenson's portrait is shown along with the Rocket steam locomotive. John was 10 years old at the time, and possibly attended the historic opening, but it was only 50 years later that the picture was painted, so that it was done either from memory or from a sketch by his father.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDobbin frequently returned to his hometown, and Darlington features in many of his works. His paintings became more spiritual after the death of his first wife, Amy. His second wife, Hannah Jones, came from an affluent family and probably paid for his Grand Tour of Europe. Dobbin was fairly renowned in his day and enjoyed an audience with Isabella II of Spain, who gave him free rein to paint what he pleased in her country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDobbin created a reredos for St Cuthbert's Church. In a move that may have been inspired by his Italian trip, he turned to mosaic and worked for some six years, cutting tiles for his version of The Last Supper. His Apostles were described by a clergyman as \"the most villainous set of mortals I have ever seen\".\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"thames-the-1951-various-artists-18-images","title":"Thames, The 1951 - Various artists - 18 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Thames from Mouth to Source is a 1951 book written by L.T.C. Rolt, published by  B.T. Batsford, and illustrated by various artists from old watercolours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 18 images in JPEG format that are 600dpi and range from 3346 pixels wide by 5817 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePictures include the Tower of London, Greenwich Hospital, Windsor Castle, Custom House, Battersea, Deptford, Eton College, Tilbury Fort and more. Artists included are:-\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/westall-william\" title=\"William Westall\"\u003eWilliam Westall (1781-1850)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/owen-samuel\" title=\"Samuel Owen\"\u003eSamuel Owen (1769-1857)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/dobbin-john\" title=\"John Dobbin\"\u003eJohn Dobbin (1815-1888)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/scott-samuel\" title=\"Samuel Scott\"\u003eSamuel Scott (1702-1772)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoseph Farington (1747-1821)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/canaletto-1697-1768\" title=\"Canaletto\"\u003eCanaletto (1697-1768)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/shepherd-george\" title=\"George Shepherd\"\u003eGeorge Shepherd (1784-1862)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Havell (1769-1832)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/turner-joseph-mallord-william\" title=\"JMW Turner\"\u003eJMW Turner (1775-1861)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGideon Yates (1778-1838)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Mann Baynes (1794-1876)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThomas Hearne (1744-1817)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/glover-john\" title=\"John Glover\"\u003eJohn Glover (1767-1849)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 18 images","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61928856322378,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Havell_Robert_1769-1832_-TheThames1951_main.jpg?v=1779920228"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Dobbin_John_1815-1888-7795257.jpg?v=1779920128","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/dobbin-john.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}