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Clarence Mason Dobell (1836-1917) was a British artist and illustrator. ==Life== Clarence Dobell was born in Cheltenham.〔S. M. Ellis, (Sydney Dobell - The Poet of the Cotswolds ), ''The Bookman'', No. 424, Vol. LXXI (January 1927), pp. 201-10〕 He was the son of John Dobell, a wine merchant, and Julietta Thompson, a daughter of Samuel Thompson (1766-1837).〔''Life and Letters of Sydney Dobell'', 1878, I.64ff. .〕 His older brothers were the poet Sydney Dobell and the doctor Horace Dobell, and a younger sister Mary married the painter Briton Riviere. The family lived in Charlton Kings, where they were friends of the writer Dinah Craik. Clarence accompanied her on the visit to Tewkesbury Abbey which apparently inspired her to write ''John Halifax, Gentleman''; according to family tradition, several of the novel's characters were based upon members of his family.〔Familiaris, "John Halifax", Letter to ''The Times'', 21 April 1926.〕 Dobell illustrated Craik's 1860 collection ''Our Year''. As a student at the Academy schools, Clarence Dobell introduced his future brother-in-law Briton Riviere to pre-Raphaelite painters.〔'Death of Mr. Briton Riviere: A Popular Animal Painter', ''The Times'', 21 April 1920〕 He was a contributor to ''Good Words'' from its inception in 1860, and an occasional contributor to ''Once A Week''. He had a studio in Grafton Street, London, and was a friend of John Pettie, whose studio was nearby. He, his brother Sydney and Dinah Craik were close friends of W. J. Linton and his wife Eliza Lynn Linton. In May 1868 he married Emily Duffield.〔(Edmund Sydney Williams, 1917-1891: Autobiography ). Quoted by Don Shelton, (Riviere, Annette Louise - portrait of Nora Selina Dobell Williams )〕 A son, Walter Duffield Dobell, was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford.〔Joseph Foster, ''Alumni Oxonionses''〕 In later life, Dobell seems to have later entered the family wine business: he and his brother Cyrus were listed as owners of Cheltenham's Restoration Inn at the end of the century.〔(Restoration Inn )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarence Dobell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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