Lemuel Francis Abbott

1760-1803 Lemuel Francis Abbott Locations English painter. He was the son of a clergyman and went to London to study with Francis Hayman shortly before the latter death in 1776; he may have completed his studies in Derby with Joseph Wright of Derby. By the early 1780s Abbott had established a busy portrait practice in London. The formula he adopted for most of his head-and-shoulder portraits can be seen in Sir William Herschel (1785; London, N. Mar. Mus.): the body is parallel to the picture plane, and the sitter head is moved into three-quarter profile, as if his attention has been suddenly distracted. In later portraits, such as those of fellow artists Francesco Bartolozzi (c. 1792; London, Tate) or Joseph Nollekens (c. 1797; London, N.P.G.), the sitter hand or some attribute balances the movement of the head. Only male portraits by Abbott are known, and his patrons were mostly drawn from the professional classes, particularly the Navy; there are several versions of Lord Nelson (e.g. 1798; London, N. Mar. Mus.). His style is crisp but scratchy in technique, and often the anatomy of his figures is inaccurate. Paint is handled in a manner comparable with that of Gainsborough Dupont, but Abbott sense of composition is superior. In 1798 he was certified insane, but he continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London for two further years. Several of his works were probably finished by another hand.


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Lemuel Francis Abbott Admiral Alexander Hood_a oil


Admiral Alexander Hood_a
Painting ID::  166
Admiral Alexander Hood_a
1795 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm
   
   
     

Lemuel Francis Abbott Captain William Locker oil


Captain William Locker
Painting ID::  167
Captain William Locker
1795-1800 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 775 x 640 mm
   
   
     

Lemuel Francis Abbott Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell oil


Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell
Painting ID::  168
Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew Mitchell
1795-1803 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 762 x 635 mm
   
   
     

Lemuel Francis Abbott Sir Peter Parker oil


Sir Peter Parker
Painting ID::  169
Sir Peter Parker
1799 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 2413 x 1524 mm
   
   
     

Lemuel Francis Abbott Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley oil


Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley
Painting ID::  170
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley
1795 National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London 765 x 638 mm
   
   
     

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     1760-1803 Lemuel Francis Abbott Locations English painter. He was the son of a clergyman and went to London to study with Francis Hayman shortly before the latter death in 1776; he may have completed his studies in Derby with Joseph Wright of Derby. By the early 1780s Abbott had established a busy portrait practice in London. The formula he adopted for most of his head-and-shoulder portraits can be seen in Sir William Herschel (1785; London, N. Mar. Mus.): the body is parallel to the picture plane, and the sitter head is moved into three-quarter profile, as if his attention has been suddenly distracted. In later portraits, such as those of fellow artists Francesco Bartolozzi (c. 1792; London, Tate) or Joseph Nollekens (c. 1797; London, N.P.G.), the sitter hand or some attribute balances the movement of the head. Only male portraits by Abbott are known, and his patrons were mostly drawn from the professional classes, particularly the Navy; there are several versions of Lord Nelson (e.g. 1798; London, N. Mar. Mus.). His style is crisp but scratchy in technique, and often the anatomy of his figures is inaccurate. Paint is handled in a manner comparable with that of Gainsborough Dupont, but Abbott sense of composition is superior. In 1798 he was certified insane, but he continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy in London for two further years. Several of his works were probably finished by another hand.

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