xt7qjq0stw34_5266 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/mets.xml https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474.dao.xml unknown archival material 1997ms474 English University of Kentucky The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.  Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. W. Hugh Peal manuscript collection John Zephaniah Bell letter to Charles Barber, with a clipping text 43.94 Cubic Feet 86 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, 22 items Poor-Good Peal accession no. 11453. John Zephaniah Bell letter to Charles Barber, with a clipping 2017 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt7qjq0stw34/data/1997ms474/Box_61/Folder_26/Multipage28039.pdf 1830 March 2, undated 1830 1830 March 2, undated section false xt7qjq0stw34_5266 xt7qjq0stw34 BELI- (JOHN ZEPHANIAH).
B. 1794. D. 1883.

John Zephaniah Bell was born at Dundee in 1794 ; his father
was a tanner. He studied at Edinburgh Unix ersity, and also under
private tuition Although he had chosen Law as his profession.
it soon became evident that his talents lay mainly 111 the direction
of Art. He therefore came to London, bringing with him letters
of introduction to Sir David Wilkie aiid cthels, and entered the
Schools of the Royal Academy, Where he studied tinder M A. Shee,
the future President. He next visited Paris and worked in the
studio of the Baron Gros. In that city Bell found a generous
patron in the Earl of Airlie, who commissioned him to decorate
the dining room in Cortachy Castle with incidents from the lives
of his ancestors.

In 1825 he went to Rome, and after working there for fifteen
months returned to Scotland, Where, in 1831, he married Miss
Jane G. Hay Campbell, an Argyyllshire lady.

In 1833 Bell went to Lisbon to paint a full length portrait of the
Queen Maria for the Town Hall of Oporto.

0n the pressing recommendation of Sir D. Wilkie, in 1837 he
undertook the direction of the School of Design 1n Manchester, an
office Which he held for five years He then returned to London
and chiefly occu wied himself in producing designs on a large scale

 

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