Very impressive Zag - Ok, I'll have a stab
Which soon to become world famous artist worked for 9 months at Goodwood House for the 3rd Duke of Richmond?
Very impressive Zag - Ok, I'll have a stab
Very impressive Zag - Ok, I'll have a stab
Which soon to become world famous artist worked for 9 months at Goodwood House for the 3rd Duke of Richmond?
I'm sure that was a QI question...OK the link is DUBLIN
Blackpool - Dublin or Dubh Linn is derived from the Old Irish Gaelic, which has its literal meaning "Black Pool".
Sugarloaf - Sugarloaf is the tallest 'Dublin Mountain' yet measures a mere 423.3 meters above sea level.
the Messiah - Handel's classic "Messiah" was premiered for the first time in 1742 in Dublin
Dracula & Bram Stoker - Bram Stoker the creator of Dracula hails from Dublin
St Valentine - Saint Valentine was martyred in Rome on February 28th eighteen centuries ago His remains are in a cask in White Friar Street Church, Dublin. He is no longer recognised as a Saint by the Vatican.
Oscar Wilde - As with Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde hails from Dublin
"Chancing Your Arm"? - meaning taking a chance. It originates from the famous St. Patricks Cathedral Dublin, where you had to put your hand into a hole to open the Medieval Chapter House door.
Someone else best set the next question
He's not current... Hopefully!Wasn't Adolf Hitler an artist?
Sorry you're right, he doesn't have to be current but he drew some paintings. He never came to the UK though, he was a penniless vagrant in Vienna.he doesn't have to be does he?
I am confused
I was trying to say who worked at Goodwood for the 3rd Duke of Richmond and who would later to go on to become a world famous artist? To be clear, the 3rd Duke of Richmond was Charles Lennox and lived from 1735 - 1806 and the artist in question was not known as such when he worked at Goodwood
No that's a recent thing happening in dartmoor....Did he paint horses ?
Did he paint horses ?
I was guessing someone like George Stubbs as he was around in that period
Yes, you've got it - he worked as a stable boy and studied the horses there where he began with anatomical drawings of their structures before moving on to the equine paintings that he became famous for.
Over to you
Sorry you're right, he doesn't have to be current but he drew some paintings. He never came to the UK though, he was a penniless vagrant in Vienna.