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Sir William Beechey
1753-1839
British
English painter. He was trained as a lawyer before entering the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1772. He is thought to have studied under Johan Zoffany, and his earliest surviving portraits are small-scale full-lengths and conversation pieces in Zoffanys manner (e.g. The Custance Conversation Piece, c. 1786; priv. col.). Beechey first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776. In 1782 he moved to Norwich, where he gained several commissions, but he was back in London by 1787. In 1789 he exhibited a portrait of John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle (London, Lambeth Pal.) that is remarkable for its facility of handling. Beechey would occasionally paint similarly inspired works, but his career is marked by a succession of unflamboyant but competent portraits in the tradition of Joshua Reynolds.
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Painting ID:: 41
Horatio Viscount Nelson
1801
National Portrait Gallery, London
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Painting ID:: 44597
Sarah Siddons with the Emblems of Tragedy
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1793
Oil on canvas
245.1x153.7cm
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Painting ID:: 81713
Princess Augusta
ca. 1802(1802)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 82712
Portrait of John Carr
1791(1791)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 127 x 100.5 cm (50 x 39.6 in)
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Painting ID:: 82913
Portrait of Elizabeth of the United Kingdom
1797(1797)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 92.7 x 68.6 cm (36.5 x 27 in)
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Sir William Beechey
1753-1839
British
English painter. He was trained as a lawyer before entering the Royal Academy Schools, London, in 1772. He is thought to have studied under Johan Zoffany, and his earliest surviving portraits are small-scale full-lengths and conversation pieces in Zoffanys manner (e.g. The Custance Conversation Piece, c. 1786; priv. col.). Beechey first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1776. In 1782 he moved to Norwich, where he gained several commissions, but he was back in London by 1787. In 1789 he exhibited a portrait of John Douglas, Bishop of Carlisle (London, Lambeth Pal.) that is remarkable for its facility of handling. Beechey would occasionally paint similarly inspired works, but his career is marked by a succession of unflamboyant but competent portraits in the tradition of Joshua Reynolds.
. Related Artists to Sir William Beechey: | Attributed to Jan de Beer | Andrea Lilio | Henry John Yeend King | August Hagborg | Emanuel Salomon Friedberg |
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