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unknown 1770-1786 unknown
an English portrait painter who won several prestigious medals in the 1770s in London. He is known for a small number of paintings including what came to be known as The Nine Living Muses of Great Britain of 1778 in which he painted the nine leading blue stocking women of his time.
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Richard Samuel unknown 1770
1786 unknown
Cosmo Alexander 1724 1747 1772 1772 a Scottish portrait painter. A supporter of James Edward Stuart's claim to the English and Scotti... James Ferguson [3] 1710, Apr 25 1720 1773 1776, Nov 17 a Scottish astronomer, instrument and globe maker. It is, as the inventor and improver of astron... Alexander Runciman 1736, Aug 15 1750 1773 1785, Oct 4 a Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects. He was the elder brother of John Runc... John Wollaston unknown 1742 1775 unknown an English painter of portraits who was active in the British colonies in North America for much ... John Collett 1725 ca 1761 1775 1780, Aug 6 an English satirical artist. He first exhibited at the exhibition of the Free Society of Artists ... Dirk van der Aa 1731 1770 1779 1809, Feb 23 a Dutch rococo painter who is best known for his allegorical work. Born and died in The Hague. Wi... John Durand unknown 1765 1782 unknown a colonial American portraitist. With John Mare, Abraham Delanoy, and Lawrence Kilburn, he was o... Aert Schouman 1710, Mar 4 1735 1785 1792, May 7 an 18th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands. Schouman was a leading artist in Zeeland b... Andres de la Calleja 1705, Dec 6 1740 1785 1785, Jan 2 a Spanish painter, born at Rioja. He was so successful in his early efforts that he was soon appo... Benjamin Calau 1724 1743 1785 1785 a German portrait painter, who used an encaustic technique. He painted some portraits for Johann ... Patience Wright 1725 1770 1785 1786, Mar 23 the first recognized American-born sculptor. She chiefly created wax figures of people. She loved... Tilly Kettle 1735 1750 1786 1786 a portrait painter and the first prominent English portrait painter to operate in India. In 1768,... Thomas Sandby 1721 1740 1789 1798, Jun 25 an English draughtsman, watercolour artist, architect and teacher. In 1743 he was appointed priva... Agostino Carlini 1718 ca 1760 1790 1790, Aug 15 an Italian sculptor and painter, who settled in England and became one of the founding members o... Richard Cosway 1742, Nov 5 1754 1791 1821, Jul 4 a leading English portrait painter of the Regency era, noted for his miniatures. He was a contemp... Hendrik-Jozef Antonissen 1737 1755 1792 1794 a Flemish painter of landscapes and cattle. Antonissen was born at Antwerp. He entered the studio... Karl Daniel Friedrich Bach 1756, May 1780 1796 1829, Apr 8 a German painter; born Potsdam, died in Breslau. As his father was a merchant and an elder (Lande... Januarius Zick 1730, Feb 6 1750 1797 1797, Nov 14 a painter and architect. He is considered to be one of the main masters of the Late-Baroque. Janu... Lemuel Francis Abbott 1760/61 1780 1798 1802, Dec 5 an English portrait painter, famous for his likeness of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (curr... John Mare Jr. 1739 1765 1799 1802/03 an American painter, businessman, and public figure. Not much is known of Mare's training, althou... Francisco Agustin y Grande 1753 1770 1799 1800 a Spanish painter of the Neoclassic style. In 1799, he became a member for the Royal Academy of S... Matthew Pratt 1734, Sep 23 1764 1800 1805, Jan 9 an American "Colonial Era" artist famous for his portraits of American men and women. He was appr... Thomas Morris [2] 1750 ca 1780 1800 1816 engraver Rienk Jelgerhuis 1729, Apr 13 1744 1806 1806, Apr 17 a Dutch painter, engraver and draftsman. Jelgerhuis was born in Leeuwarden. He mainly made his fa... Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard 1743, Sep 11 1764 1809 1809, Jun 4 a Danish neoclassical and royal history painter, sculptor, architect, and professor of painting, ... Peter Rushton Maverick 1755, Apr 1 1770 1809 1811, Dec 12 American silversmith and engraver. After training as a silversmith, he responded to the growing d... Charles Willson Peale 1741, Apr 15 1770 1810 1827, Feb 22 an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remember... Henry Benbridge 1743, Oct 1769 1812 1812, Feb early American portrait painter, was born in Philadelphia, the only child of James and Mary (Clar... George Engleheart 1750, Oct 26 1773 1813 1829, Mar 21 one of the greatest English painters of portrait miniatures, and a contemporary of Richard Cosway... Benjamin Thompson 1753, Mar 26 1766 1814 1814, Aug 21 an American-born British physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory w... Andrea Appiani 1754, May 31 1776 1814 1817, Nov 8 an Italian neoclassical painter; fresco painter active in Milan and a court painter of Napoleon. ... John Singleton Copley 1738 1752 1815 1815, Sep 9 an American painter, active in both colonial America and England. He was probably born in Boston,... Daniel Caffe 1750, Jul 21 1770 1815 1815, Jan 16 a German pastel painter of portraits. Caffé was born in Küstrin, and began his career as a pain... Friedrich Bury 1763, Mar 12 1780 1815 1823, May 18 a German artist born in Hanau. He studied first under his father Jean Jacques Bury, who was a gol... Frederick Kemmelmeyer 1752/53 1782 1816 1823 ca Frederick Kemmelmeyer advertised that he was an artist for the first time in a Baltimore newspape... Marcello Bacciarelli 1731, Feb 16 1750 1818 1818, Jan 5 a Polish-Italian painter of the late-baroque and Neoclassic periods. He painted a set of portrait... Jurriaan Andriessen 1742, Jul 12 1760 1819 1819, Jul 31 an able artist in decorative painting; the decorations of the new theatre at Amsterdam were execu... Benjamin West 1738, Oct 1 1746 1820 1820 , Mar 11 Born in Springfield, PA. He was self-taught, having little formal education and he could barely r... Henry Fuseli 1741, Feb 7 1761 1820 1825, Apr 17 a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his... Andries Cornelis Lens 1739, Mar 31 1759 1822 1822, Mar 30 Flemish painter and draughtsman Johann Samuel Arnhold 1766, Dec 22 1780 1829 1828, Jan 1 a German painter. He was born at Heinitz, a village near Meissen, and studied in the Art School o... William Dunlap 1766, Feb 19 1783 1834 1839, Sep 28 a pioneer of American theater. He was a producer, playwright, and actor, as well as a historian. ... Johannes Rienksz Jelgerhuis 1770 1785 1836 1836 a 19th-century painter and actor from the Northern Netherlands. He was also known for interiors a... Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691, Jun 17 1710 184 1765, Oct 21 a painter and architect, who worked in Rome and is mainly known as one of the vedutisti ("view pa... William Bartram 1739, Apr 20 1773 190 1823, Jul 22 an American naturalist. He was born in Kingsessing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a boy, he acco...
