James Dafforne (29 April 1804 – 5 June 1880) was a British journalist, known for his art criticism in The Art Journal.
Life He was for 35 years a contributor to The Art Journal, joining the staff in 1845, and writing for it till his death. He died on 5 June 1880 at the house of his son-in-law, the Rev. C. E. Casher, Upper Tooting.
Works Dafforne's works were mostly compilations from the Journal: Pictures of Daniel Maclise, R.A.; also the Pictures of William Mulready, of Leslie and Maclise, of Clarkson Stanfield, R.A., Sir Edwin Landseer, and others. He compiled the Pictorial Table-book. In 1878 he published a book on the Albert Memorial. In 1879 his final book appeared, The Life and Works of Edward Matthew Ward, R.A. He translated Arts of the Middle Ages, by De la Croix.
British Artists: Their Style and Character A long series of illustrated critical essays by Dafforne appeared in The Art Journal under this title.
NumberDateArtist1January 1855John Constable2February 1855Edward Matthew Ward3March 1855Francis Danby4April 1855Frederick Goodall5May 1855William Collins6July 1855John Flaxman7August 1855Frederick Richard Pickersgill8September 1855William Hilton9October 1855Charles Lock Eastlake10November 1855Thomas Webster11January 1856Augustus Wall Callcott12February 1856James Clarke Hook13March, April 1856Charles Robert Leslie14May 1856Thomas Creswick15June 1856Benjamin Robert Haydon16July 1856James Baker Pyne17August 1856William Powell Frith18September 1856James Duffield Harding19October 1856J. M. W. Turner20November 1856Frank Stone21January 1857William Edward Frost22February 1857Alexander Johnston23April 1857Alfred Elmore24May 1857Clarkson Stanfield25June 1857John Callcott Horsley26July 1857George Cattermole27August 1857John Gilbert28September 1857John Gibson29October 1857George Lance30November 1857Samuel Prout31January 1858William Linton32February 1858John Frederick Lewis33March 1858George Harvey34April 1858Frederick William Hulme35May 1858Richard Parkes Bonington36July 1858David Roberts37August 1858William Etty38September 1858Henry Le Jeune39October 1858David Wilkie40November 1858Frederick Tayler41January 1859Louis Haghe42February 1859Paul Falconer Poole43March 1859William Frederick Witherington44April 1859John Linnell45July 1859Richard Redgrave46September 1859Henry Jutsum47November 1859Thomas Lawrence48February 1860David Cox49April 1860William Charles Thomas Dobson 50August 1860Richard Ansdell 51October 1860William Dyce 52December 1860Joshua Reynolds53January 1861Jacob Thompson54March 1861George Edwards Hering55May 1861Thomas Sidney Cooper56September 1861Henry Warren57November 1861Henry Fusili58January 1862Alfred Edward Chalon59March 1862Abraham Solomon60April 1862John Cross61June 1862James Ward62July 1862John Absolon63February 1863Joseph Clark64March 1863Abraham Cooper65May 1863William Henry Knight66June 1863Edward Armitage67July 1863Benjamin West68January 1864Gilbert Stuart Newton69February 1864Louis William Desanges70March 1864William Mulready71April 1864Penry Williams72May 1864Charles Baxter73July 1864Eyre Crowe74August 1864William James Grant75September 1864Emily Mary Osborn76October 1864William John Müller77December 1864Henrietta Ward78January 1865Joseph Noel Paton79February 1865Marcus Stone80March 1865John Adam Houston81April 1865Henry Tidey82May 1865William Douglas83June 1865William Cave Thomas84November 1865John P. Burr85June 1869Charles West Cope86July 1869John Pettie87August 1869Edward William Cooke88October 1869David Octavius Hill89December 1869William Gale90January 1870Philip Hermogenes Calderon91March 1870Erskine Nicol92June 1870George Vicat Cole93August 1870William Quiller Orchardson94October 1870Alexander Hohenlohe Burr95December 1870Henry Stacy Marks96January 1871 (+February)Thomas Faed97February 1871Benjamin Williams Leader981871James Archer99April 1871Myles Birket Foster100July 1871Robert Alexander Hillingford101August 1871John Faed102September 1871Robert Thorburn Ross103January 1872Thomas Francis Dicksee104April 1872George Elgar Hicks105June 1872Philip Richard Morris106July 1872Thomas Brooks107August 1872James Thomas Linnell
From 1873 Dafforne continued to write British Artists essays:Morris pp. 193–6.
DateArtist1873George Henry Boughton1874Rudolph Lehmann1875Laurence Alma-TademaFrederick Daniel HardyGeorge Adolphus StoreyJohn George Naish1876Frank HollJohn Thomas PeeleFrederick Walker1877Edward John PoynterRichard BeavisEdmund John NiemannLaslett John Pott1878Briton RiviereThomas Jones Barker1879Keeley HalswelleHenry Brittan WillisNicholas ChevalierJohn Wright Oakes1880Francis William TophamHubert HerkomerJohn Thomas Hamilton MacallumJohn Bagnold Burgess
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