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Horatio Viscount Nelson Painting ID:: 41
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Sir William Beechey Horatio Viscount Nelson 1801
National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sarah Siddons with the Emblems of Tragedy Painting ID:: 44597
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Sir William Beechey Sarah Siddons with the Emblems of Tragedy mk173
1793
Oil on canvas
245.1x153.7cm
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Princess Augusta Painting ID:: 81713
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Sir William Beechey Princess Augusta ca. 1802(1802)
Medium Oil on canvas
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Portrait of John Carr Painting ID:: 82712
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Sir William Beechey 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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Portrait of Elizabeth of the United Kingdom Painting ID:: 82913
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Sir William Beechey 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
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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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