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Noël Desenfans, the Glossary

Noël Desenfans (December 1741 – 8 July 1807) was a French-born art dealer mainly active in Britain, most notable for laying the foundation for the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London alongside the landscape painter Francis Bourgeois.^[1]

12 relations: Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Claude Lorrain, Douai, Dulwich Picture Gallery, Francis Bourgeois, French Revolution, George III, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun, Paris, Portland Place, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Third Partition of Poland.
French emigrants to the Kingdom of Great Britain

Avesnes-sur-Helpe

Avesnes-sur-Helpe (Avenne aan de Helpe), Picard: Avinne-su-Helpe) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the Nord department. It is situated 14 km from the Belgian border, and 18 km south of Maubeuge, the nearest larger town. The river Helpe Majeure, a tributary of the Sambre, flows through the town.

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Claude Lorrain

Claude Lorrain (born Claude Gellée, called le Lorrain in French; traditionally just Claude in English; c. 1600 – 23 November 1682) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher of the Baroque era.

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Douai

Douai (Doï; Dowaai; formerly spelled Douay or Doway in English) is a city in the Nord département in northern France.

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Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, south London.

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Francis Bourgeois

Sir Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois RA (November 1753 – 8 January 1811) was an English landscape painter and history painter, and court painter to king George III of the United Kingdom.

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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George III

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.

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Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun

Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Le Brun (1748 – 7 August 1813) was a French painter, art collector and art dealer. Noël Desenfans and Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun are French art dealers and French art historians.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Portland Place

Portland Place is a street in the Marylebone district of central London.

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Stanisław August Poniatowski

Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Third Partition of Poland

The Third Partition of Poland (1795) was the last in a series of the Partitions of Poland–Lithuania and the land of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth among Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Russian Empire which effectively ended Polish–Lithuanian national sovereignty until 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noël_Desenfans