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A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl Wall Art
ART BY: Richard Morton Paye
A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl Wall Art
ART BY: Richard Morton Paye
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A boy entering a darkened barn, frightened by what he fears is a ghost but is an owl is an aquatints, etchings by Richard Morton Paye (1750–1821), dated April 12th 1785. The source scan comes from the Wellcome Collection, and the file offered here measures 4222 × 6000 px (3.9 MB). It is filed under Prints, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 3 works by Richard Morton Paye, a British artist.
Richard Morton Paye (1750–1820) was an important painter of the early English School and a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London. During his lifetime Paye was considered one of the most gifted painters in England but various personal misfortunes befell him and he died virtually penniless and in relative obscurity.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Richard Morton Paye →
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