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Telescopium, the Telescope, is a constellation of the southern sky, between Ara and Sagittarius, named by the 18th-century French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Its brightest stars are of only fourth magnitude and it is devoid of interesting objects apart from a few faint galaxies, an unremarkable globular cluster, and a small planetary nebula.
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Sir Alfred East was a British painter and etcher. He was born in 1849 at Kettering and died in 1913. He studied art at Glasgow School of Art and at Paris under Tony Fleury and Bouguereau. He became a landscape painter of pronounced individuality, though with a strong sympathy with Jean Corot. Sir Alfred East was elected ARA in 1899 and RA in 1913. In 1906 he was chosen as president of the Royal Society of British Artists and in 1910 was knighted.
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Andrew Geddes was a Scottish etcher and painter. He was born in 1783 at Edinburgh and died in 1844. He settled in London in 1823, before moving to the continent in 1828 for two years before returning and being elected to the ARA in 1832.
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Charles west Cope was an English painter. He was born in 1811 and died in 1890. He studied at the Royal Academy and in Italy, and first exhibited at the academy in 1831. In 1843 he gained a prize of 300 pounds for his picture 'The First Trial by Jury;' in 1844, by his fresco the 'Meeting of Jacob and Rachael,' secured the commission for one of six frescoes for the House of Lords, producing accordingly 'Edward the Black Prince receiving the Order of the Garter.' Altogether he has executed eight frescoes from English history of the 17th century for the House of Lords, while his other works have been numerous, the subjects being historical, romantic, or domestic. Of note are Last Days of Cardinal Wolsey, Prince Henry before Justice Gascoigne, Departure of the Pilgrim Fathers, Burial of Charles I, Parting of Lord William and Lady Russell, L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, Milton's Dream, Shylock and Jessica, Ann Page and Slender, Lear and Cordelia. He became ARA in 1844 and RA in 1848, but retired in 1883.
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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake was an English painter and writer. He was born in 1793 at Plymouth and died in 1865. He was taught drawing by Sam Prout and history painting by Benjamin Haydon, later attending the schools of the Royal Academy. In 1827 he was elected ARA and in 1829 RA and in 1842 librarian to the Academy. From 1843 until 1847 he was keeper of the National Gallery and in 1850 was chosen president of the Academy and knighted. In 1855 he was appointed director of the National Gallery.
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Charles Turner was am English engraver. He was born in 1773 at Woodstock and died in 1857. After studying at the RA schools in London he practised aquatint, stipple and mezzotint engraving, achieving most success with his mezzotint engravings and was elected ARA in 1828.
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Daniel Maclise was an Irish painter. He was born in 1806 at Cork and died in 1870. His first notable picture was a water-colour drawing in 1829 entitled 'Malvolio Affecting the Count'. In 1835 he was elected ARA with full honours following in 1840. From 1830 to 1836 he worked under the pseudonym Alfred Croquis, producing character portraits for 'Fraser's Magazine'.
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David Roberts was a Scottish landscape and architectural painter. He was born in 1796 at Stockbridge, Edinburgh and died in 1864. He became scene painter at Carlisle, Glasgow, Edinburgh and London in 1822 and exhibited a picture of Rouen Cathedral in 1826 which attracted some attention. In 1839 he was elected ARA and in 1841 RA.
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Frank Bramley was an English artist. He was born in 1857 at Lincolnshire and died in 1915. He studied at Antwerp and Paris and in 1884 had his first painting accepted by the Academy. In 1894 he was elected ARA and in 1911 RA.
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Frederick Goodall was an English painter. He was born in 1822 at London and died after 1905. The son of Edward Goodall, the engraver at seventeen years of age he began to exhibit, and produced pictures very varied in subject and generally of high excellence. He was elected ARA in 1853, and RA in 1863.
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