James Dafforne Explained

James Dafforne (29 April 1804 – 5 June 1880) was a British journalist, known for his art criticism in The Art Journal.

Life

He was for 35 years a contributor to The Art Journal, joining the staff in 1845, and writing for it till his death. He died on 5 June 1880 at the house of his son-in-law, the Rev. C. E. Casher, Upper Tooting.[1]

Works

Dafforne's works were mostly compilations from the Journal: Pictures of Daniel Maclise, R.A.; also the Pictures of William Mulready, of Leslie and Maclise, of Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., Sir Edwin Landseer, and others. He compiled the Pictorial Table-book. In 1878 he published a book on the Albert Memorial. In 1879 his final book appeared, The Life and Works of Edward Matthew Ward, R.A. He translated Arts of the Middle Ages, by De la Croix.[1]

British Artists: Their Style and Character

A long series of illustrated critical essays by Dafforne appeared in The Art Journal under this title.

NumberDateArtist
1January 1855John Constable[2]
2February 1855Edward Matthew Ward[3]
3March 1855Francis Danby[4]
4April 1855Frederick Goodall[5]
5May 1855William Collins[6]
6July 1855John Flaxman[7]
7August 1855Frederick Richard Pickersgill
8September 1855William Hilton[8]
9October 1855Charles Lock Eastlake[9]
10November 1855Thomas Webster[10]
11January 1856Augustus Wall Callcott[11]
12February 1856James Clarke Hook[12]
13March, April 1856Charles Robert Leslie[13] [14]
14May 1856Thomas Creswick[15]
15June 1856Benjamin Robert Haydon[16]
16July 1856James Baker Pyne[17]
17August 1856William Powell Frith[18]
18September 1856James Duffield Harding[19]
19October 1856J. M. W. Turner[20]
20November 1856Frank Stone[21]
21January 1857William Edward Frost[22]
22February 1857Alexander Johnston[23]
23April 1857Alfred Elmore[24]
24May 1857Clarkson Stanfield[25]
25June 1857John Callcott Horsley[26]
26July 1857George Cattermole[27]
27August 1857John Gilbert[28]
28September 1857John Gibson[29]
29October 1857George Lance[30]
30November 1857Samuel Prout[31]
31January 1858William Linton[32]
32February 1858John Frederick Lewis[33]
33March 1858George Harvey[34]
34April 1858Frederick William Hulme[35]
35May 1858Richard Parkes Bonington[36]
36July 1858David Roberts[37]
37August 1858William Etty[38]
38September 1858Henry Le Jeune[39]
39October 1858David Wilkie[40]
40November 1858Frederick Tayler[41]
41January 1859Louis Haghe[42]
42February 1859Paul Falconer Poole[43]
43March 1859William Frederick Witherington[44]
44April 1859John Linnell
45July 1859Richard Redgrave[45]
46September 1859Henry Jutsum[46]
47November 1859Thomas Lawrence[47]
48February 1860David Cox[48]
49April 1860William Charles Thomas Dobson[49]
50August 1860Richard Ansdell[50]
51October 1860William Dyce[51]
52December 1860Joshua Reynolds[52]
53January 1861Jacob Thompson[53]
54March 1861George Edwards Hering[54]
55May 1861Thomas Sidney Cooper[55]
56September 1861Henry Warren[56]
57November 1861Henry Fusili[57]
58January 1862Alfred Edward Chalon[58]
59March 1862Abraham Solomon[59]
60April 1862John Cross[60]
61June 1862James Ward[61]
62July 1862John Absolon[62]
63February 1863Joseph Clark
64March 1863Abraham Cooper
65May 1863William Henry Knight
66June 1863Edward Armitage
67July 1863Benjamin West
68January 1864Gilbert Stuart Newton[63]
69February 1864Louis William Desanges[64]
70March 1864William Mulready[65]
71April 1864Penry Williams[66]
72May 1864Charles Baxter[67]
73July 1864Eyre Crowe[68]
74August 1864William James Grant[69]
75September 1864Emily Mary Osborn[70]
76October 1864William John Müller[71]
77December 1864Henrietta Ward[72]
78January 1865Joseph Noel Paton
79February 1865Marcus Stone
80March 1865John Adam Houston
81April 1865Henry Tidey
82May 1865William Douglas
83June 1865William Cave Thomas
84November 1865John P. Burr
85June 1869Charles West Cope
86July 1869John Pettie
87August 1869Edward William Cooke
88October 1869David Octavius Hill
89December 1869William Gale
90January 1870Philip Hermogenes Calderon[73]
91March 1870Erskine Nicol[74]
92June 1870George Vicat Cole[75]
93August 1870William Quiller Orchardson[76]
94October 1870Alexander Hohenlohe Burr[77]
95December 1870Henry Stacy Marks[78]
96January 1871 (+February)Thomas Faed
97February 1871Benjamin Williams Leader
981871James Archer
99April 1871Myles Birket Foster
100July 1871Robert Alexander Hillingford
101August 1871John Faed
102September 1871Robert Thorburn Ross
103January 1872Thomas Francis Dicksee
104April 1872George Elgar Hicks
105June 1872Philip Richard Morris
106July 1872Thomas Brooks
107August 1872James Thomas Linnell

From 1873 Dafforne continued to write British Artists essays:[79]

DateArtist
1873George Henry Boughton
1874Rudolph Lehmann
1875Laurence Alma-Tadema
Frederick Daniel Hardy
George Adolphus Storey
John George Naish
1876Frank Holl
John Thomas Peele
Frederick Walker
1877Edward John Poynter
Richard Beavis
Edmund John Niemann
Laslett John Pott
1878Briton Riviere
Thomas Jones Barker
1879Keeley Halswelle
Henry Brittan Willis
Nicholas Chevalier
John Wright Oakes
1880Francis William Topham
Hubert Herkomer
John Thomas Hamilton Macallum
John Bagnold Burgess

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Notes and References

  1. Dafforne, James. 13.
  2. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  3. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  4. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  5. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  6. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  7. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  8. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  9. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  10. Web site: The exhibition of art-industry in Paris, 1855. 1855.
  11. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 9–11.
  12. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 41–4.
  13. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 73–5.
  14. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 105–7.
  15. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 141–4.
  16. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 181–3.
  17. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 205–8.
  18. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 237–40.
  19. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 269–72.
  20. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 297–9.
  21. Book: The art journal London. 1856. Virtue. 333–6.
  22. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 5–7.
  23. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 57–60.
  24. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 113–5.
  25. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 137–9.
  26. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 181–4.
  27. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 209–11.
  28. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 241–3.
  29. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 273–5.
  30. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 305–7.
  31. Book: Art Union. The Art Journal. 1857. Virtue and Company. 337–9.
  32. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 9–11.
  33. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 41–3.
  34. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 73–5.
  35. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 101–3.
  36. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 137–9.
  37. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 201–3.
  38. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 233–5.
  39. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 265–7.
  40. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 301–3.
  41. Book: The art journal London. 1858. Virtue. 101–2.
  42. Book: The Art Journal. 1859. Virtue and Company. 13–5.
  43. Book: The Art Journal. 1859. Virtue and Company. 41–3.
  44. Book: The Art Journal. 1859. Virtue and Company. 73–5.
  45. Book: The Art Journal. 1859. Virtue and Company. 205–8.
  46. Book: The Art Journal. 1859. Virtue and Company. 269–71.
  47. Book: The Art Journal. 1859. Virtue and Company. 325–8.
  48. Book: The art journal London. 1860. Virtue. 41–3.
  49. Book: The art journal London. 1860. Virtue. 137–9.
  50. Book: The art journal London. 1860. Virtue. 233–5.
  51. Book: The art journal London. 1860. Virtue. 293–6.
  52. Book: The art journal London. 1860. Virtue. 357–9.
  53. Book: The art journal London. 1861. Virtue. 9–12.
  54. Book: The art journal London. 1861. Virtue. 73–5.
  55. Book: The art journal London. 1861. Virtue. 133–5.
  56. Book: The art journal London. 1861. Virtue. 265–7.
  57. Book: The art journal London. 1861. Virtue. 325–7.
  58. Book: The art journal London. 1862. Virtue. 9–11.
  59. Book: The art journal London. 1862. Virtue. 73–5.
  60. Book: The art journal London. 1862. Virtue. 117–9.
  61. Book: The art journal London. 1862. Virtue. 169–71.
  62. Book: The art journal London. 1862. Virtue. 201–3.
  63. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 13–5.
  64. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 41–3.
  65. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 65–7.
  66. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 101–3.
  67. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 145–7.
  68. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 205–7.
  69. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 233–5.
  70. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 261–3.
  71. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 293–5.
  72. Book: The art journal London. 1864. Virtue. 357–9.
  73. Book: The art journal London. 1870. Virtue. 9–11.
  74. Book: The art journal London. 1870. Virtue. 65–7.
  75. Book: The art journal London. 1870. Virtue. 177–9.
  76. Book: The art journal London. 1870. Virtue. 233–5.
  77. Book: The art journal London. 1870. Virtue. 309–11.
  78. Book: The art journal London. 1870. Virtue. 361.
  79. Morris pp. 193–6.

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