Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2021 July 12

= July 12 =

Billy Ruffian and Bellamy's cottage at Plymstock
According to our article HMS Bellerophon some of her timbers were incorporated into a cottage at Plymstock by George Bellamy, who was her surgeon at the Battle of the Nile. This page says it was "a charming cottage in the Victorian Gothic style ... near the waterfront". Do we know anything more about his cottage, does it survive, are there any pictures of it? Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 22:49, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * This page says it's called Burrow Lodge . --Amble (talk) 23:34, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Brilliant, thank you. It's a Grade II listed building according to Historic England. A picture here. DuncanHill (talk) 23:41, 12 July 2021 (UTC)

Landscape painter
I'm looking for sufficient information on landscape painter Johann Friederich Hennings (1838 Bremen – 1899 München) to be confident the Australian Dictionary of Biography isn't confusing two people when it gives the Australian scenic painter John Hennings, also of Danish/German origin exactly the same birthname. Doug butler (talk) 23:26, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * It seems to be a popular name. The ADB entry for the German painter (1838–1899) notes that a painter of a similar name died in 1895. Hack (talk) 02:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * A remarkably similar name and a close contemporary. Thanks, that's interesting. Also that our two reference works are known as ADB! Doug butler (talk) 04:31, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * This reminds me of a comment that I made on Talk: Frederick Meyer about 11 years ago: Some of these coincidences are quite amazing and require care from editors. Please see Don't build the Frankenstein. Cullen328   Let's discuss it  05:57, 17 July 2021 (UTC)