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English, 1742-82 English painter. He first established himself in London as a portrait painter, exhibiting at the Society of Artists in 1760 and at the Free Society of Artists from 1761. In 1764 he won the third premium of the Royal Society of Arts for his history painting depicting Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius (untraced). In the same year he was selected by the Dilettanti Society to accompany Richard Chandler and Nicholas Revett on an archaeological expedition to Asia Minor and Greece (1764-6). His views of Classical monuments in Asia Minor were engraved and published in Ionian Antiquities (1769), while those he made in Greece, which included pioneering drawings of the Parthenon sculptures, were used in the second volume of James Stuart's Antiquities of Athens (1777).
 

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Pars, William Bridge near Mount Grimsel oil on canvas


Bridge near Mount Grimsel
Bridge near Mount Grimsel
Painting ID::  19767
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.

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Pars, William The Glacier of Grindelwald oil on canvas


The Glacier of Grindelwald
The Glacier of Grindelwald
Painting ID::  19768
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.

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Pars, William The Valley of Lauterbrunnen and the Staubbach oil on canvas


The Valley of Lauterbrunnen and the Staubbach
The Valley of Lauterbrunnen and the Staubbach
Painting ID::  19769
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.

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Pars, William The Devil's Bridge in the Canton of Uri oil on canvas


The Devil's Bridge in the Canton of Uri
The Devil's Bridge in the Canton of Uri
Painting ID::  19770
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.

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Pars, William The Rhone Glacier and the Source of the Rhone oil on canvas


The Rhone Glacier and the Source of the Rhone
The Rhone Glacier and the Source of the Rhone
Painting ID::  19771
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.
  1770 Watercolor British Museum, London.

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     Pars, William
     English, 1742-82 English painter. He first established himself in London as a portrait painter, exhibiting at the Society of Artists in 1760 and at the Free Society of Artists from 1761. In 1764 he won the third premium of the Royal Society of Arts for his history painting depicting Caractacus before the Emperor Claudius (untraced). In the same year he was selected by the Dilettanti Society to accompany Richard Chandler and Nicholas Revett on an archaeological expedition to Asia Minor and Greece (1764-6). His views of Classical monuments in Asia Minor were engraved and published in Ionian Antiquities (1769), while those he made in Greece, which included pioneering drawings of the Parthenon sculptures, were used in the second volume of James Stuart's Antiquities of Athens (1777).

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