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Nelson Dawson (1859 - 1941) was a British artist and best known as a minor member of the Arts and Crafts movement. 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... It has been suggested that Handicraft be merged into this article or section. ...

Dawson was born in Lincolnshire and educated at Stamford School. Like many proponents of the Arts & Craft movement, he was a wealthy man and lived in London, where he operated his workshop from the rear of his town house in Chiswick. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the East Midlands of England. ... Stamford School is an English public school in the market town of Stamford, Lincolnshire. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Chiswick (IPA pronunciation: ) is an extensive district of West London, located within the eastern extremity of the London Borough of Hounslow and 5. ...

As a potter, water-colour painter, jeweller, silversmith, etcher, print-maker and writer on artist subjects, his reputation has probably suffered because he spread his talents too thinly. Nevertheless, there is a collection of his work and papers held by the Victoria & Albert Museum, in London, and together with his wife, Edith Dawson, he was one of the key figures in the jewellery of the Arts and Crafts movement. The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. ...

Together, they revived the Renaissance practice of enamelling in their jewellery. Since this required a small kiln, enamellers like Edith Dawson often became ill due to the toxic fumes emitted during the process. Edith learned enamelling from her husband who had learned from Alexander Fisher, a master enameller who in turn had learned his craft in France. Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...

In 1901, Dawson founded The Artificers' Guild from his workshop in Chiswick but it was acquired by Montague Fordham (one time director of the Birmingham Guild of Handicrafts) in 1903. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

He is noted for his maritime scenes, largely undertaken around the coasts of Yorkshire and Cornwall.

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