Bonington

American  

[bon-ing-tuhn] / ˈbɒn ɪŋ tən /

noun

1. Richard Parkes 1801–28, English painter.

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Bonington British  

/ ˈbɒnɪŋtən /

noun

1. Sir Chris ( tian John Storey ). born 1934, British mountaineer and writer; led 1970 Annapurna I and 1975 Everest expeditions; reached Everest summit in 1985

2. Richard Parkes . 1801–28, British painter of landscapes and historical scenes

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Bonington

There was also a tropical night in Sutton Bonington, Nottinghamshire, as it failed to drop below 20.3C.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022

Their ways caught on quickly, though, so that, by the 1820s, landscape artists whose names we do know — Camille Corot, Richard Parkes Bonington, John Constable — were working the same way.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2020

Chris Bonington: For me, it happened with the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace.

From Forbes ● Apr. 9, 2015

Here, the German artist may have remembered the cloud studies of the English school, from late 18th-century watercolorists like John Cozens to Richard Bonington and Constable.

From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2011

Even the unsinkable sank, and what are foolish mortals like Weathers, Pittman, Fischer, Lopsang, Tenzing, Messner, Bonington in the face of the "Mother Goddess. "

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer

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