William Ashford

English painter who works exclusively in Ireland

1746 CE to 1824 CE

William Ashford (1746 - 1824) is an English painter who works exclusively in Ireland, where he lives from the age of eighteen having initially gone there to take up a post with the Ordnance Office.

His earliest paintings are flower pieces and still lifes, but from 1772 he exhibits landscapes.

He becomes President of the Irish Society of Artists in 1813, and is first elected President of the Royal Hibernian Academy.

His works include a set of views in and around Mount Merrion, painted for the 4th Earl FitzWilliam.

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