Portland, Maine (born 1800) November 17 – John Varley, English watercolour painter and astrologer (born 1778) date unknown Giovanni Balestra, Italian engraver (born 1774) George Barret, Jr., English landscape painter (born 1767) Paolo Caronni, Italian engraver (born 1779) Gilles-François Closson, Belgian landscape painter (born 1796) References Years of the 19th century in art 1840s in art