5-580: [REDACTED] Look up doney in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Doney may refer to: A name that means 'eternal sunshine' People [ edit ] George Edward Doney (1758–1809), believed to have been born in Gambia around 1758 Victor Doney (1881–1961), Australian politician Places [ edit ] Doney Park, Arizona , United States Gran Caffè Doney , Florence, Italy Topics referred to by
10-477: A black servant at a harvest dinner in one of the barns at Cassiobury House. Black figures have featured in many Western paintings but were typically shown at the edge of the canvas as peripheral, subordinate characters; Turner's positioning of the servant in the main group of people is thought to indicate that this was a high-ranking servant in the Cassiobury household, and this is likely Doney himself. Doney died
15-516: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Edward Doney George Edward Doney (~1758–1809) is believed to have been born in Gambia around 1758. He was transported to Virginia as a young boy and sold into slavery. He came to Watford , Hertfordshire in around 1765 as a servant for the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury House , continuing to serve
20-543: The family for 44 years. He achieved respect and status at Cassiobury House and was baptized at St Mary's Church, Watford on 1 August 1774. George Capel-Coningsby, 5th Earl of Essex and the Countess of Essex were among the list of subscribers to the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano , a formerly enslaved person who was influential in the abolitionist movement . An unfinished painting from c.1809, Harvest Home , by J. M. W. Turner on his second visit to Cassiobury, depicts
25-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Doney . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Doney&oldid=1112231026 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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