William Mulready

William Mulready was an Irish genre painter living in London. He is best known for his romanticising depictions of rural scenes, and for creating Mulready stationery letter sheets, issued at the same time as the Penny Black postage stamp.

1 April 1786

Born on the same birth day (1 April): Abbé Prévost • Abraham Maslow • Blanche of France, Duchess of Orléans • Brendan Byrne • Brook Lopez • Dafydd Wigley • Dennis Kruppke • Ferenc Puskás • Walter Bahr

Born in the same month (April 1786): John Franklin