John Alefounder: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Fix empty citation, unnamed or unsupported parameter, or invalid parameter value using AutoEd; see Help:CS1 errors |
m Moving from Category:Portrait miniaturists to Category:English portrait miniaturists using Cat-a-lot |
||
| (3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|English painter}} |
{{Short description|English painter}} |
||
'''John Alefounder''' (1757 – |
'''John Alefounder''' (1757 – 1794) was a painter of [[portrait]]s and [[Miniature art|miniature]]s, working in London and later in India. |
||
==Life== |
==Life== |
||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1777 and 1793. The first piece he showed was a ''Design for a Lunatic Asylum'', but after that he showed mostly portraits.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graves|first1=Algernon |title=The Royal Academy: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors from its Foundations in 1769 to 1904 |url= |volume=1|year= 1905 |publisher= Henry Graves|location=London |page=19}}</ref> He won a silver medal in 1782. |
He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1777 and 1793. The first piece he showed was a ''Design for a Lunatic Asylum'', but after that he showed mostly portraits.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graves|first1=Algernon |title=The Royal Academy: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors from its Foundations in 1769 to 1904 |url= |volume=1|year= 1905 |publisher= Henry Graves|location=London |page=19}}</ref> He won a silver medal in 1782. |
||
In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. [[Francesco Bartolozzi]] made an engraving after his portrait of "[[Peter the Wild Boy]]"<ref name=bryan/> and in the same year [[Charles Howard Hodges|C.H. Hodges]] engraved his portrait of the actor [[John Edwin (1749-1790)|John Edwin]].<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886–9</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1154182/h-beard-print-collection-print-alefounder-john/|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|title=H Beard Print Collection|access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref> |
In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. [[Francesco Bartolozzi]] made an engraving after his portrait of "[[Peter the Wild Boy]]"<ref name=bryan/> and in the same year [[Charles Howard Hodges|C.H. Hodges]] engraved his portrait of the actor [[John Edwin (1749-1790)|John Edwin]].<ref name=bryan>Bryan,1886–9</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1154182/h-beard-print-collection-print-alefounder-john/|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|title=H Beard Print Collection|date=16 October 1784 |access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref> |
||
He subsequently went to India and died at [[Calcutta]] on 25 December 1794.<ref name=rac>{{cite web|url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Names%A0A-Z&person=17531 |publisher=Royal Academy Collections |title=John Alefounder |access-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323054815/http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/329/3h%20-%20Hobbys%20Yards%20Heritage%20Items.pdf.aspx |archive-date=23 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name=bryan/> According to [[William Baillie (artist)|William Baillie]], in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNuj6v9R1eIC&pg=PA121|page=121|title=The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges|first=Giles Henry Rupert|last= Tillotson|author-link=Giles Tillotson|publisher=Routledge|year=2000 |
He subsequently went to India and died at [[Calcutta]] on 25 December 1794.<ref name=rac>{{cite web|url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Names%A0A-Z&person=17531 |publisher=Royal Academy Collections |title=John Alefounder |access-date=6 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323054815/http://www.blayney.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/329/3h%20-%20Hobbys%20Yards%20Heritage%20Items.pdf.aspx |archive-date=23 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name=bryan/> According to [[William Baillie (artist)|William Baillie]], in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aNuj6v9R1eIC&pg=PA121|page=121|title=The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges|first=Giles Henry Rupert|last= Tillotson|author-link=Giles Tillotson|publisher=Routledge|year=2000 |
||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
[[Category:18th-century English painters]] |
[[Category:18th-century English painters]] |
||
[[Category:English male painters]] |
[[Category:English male painters]] |
||
[[Category: |
[[Category:English portrait miniaturists]] |
||
[[Category:18th-century suicides]] |
[[Category:18th-century suicides]] |
||
[[Category:18th-century English male artists]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 08:24, 8 April 2024
John Alefounder (1757 – 1794) was a painter of portraits and miniatures, working in London and later in India.
Life
[edit]Alefounder was born in Colchester, Essex in 1757 and became a student at the Royal Academy Schools in 1776.[1]
He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1777 and 1793. The first piece he showed was a Design for a Lunatic Asylum, but after that he showed mostly portraits.[2] He won a silver medal in 1782.
In 1784 he exhibited some theatrical portraits and portrait groups. Francesco Bartolozzi made an engraving after his portrait of "Peter the Wild Boy"[3] and in the same year C.H. Hodges engraved his portrait of the actor John Edwin.[3][4]
He subsequently went to India and died at Calcutta on 25 December 1794.[1][3] According to William Baillie, in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "John Alefounder". Royal Academy Collections. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ Graves, Algernon (1905). The Royal Academy: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors from its Foundations in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 1. London: Henry Graves. p. 19.
- ^ a b c Bryan,1886–9
- ^ "H Beard Print Collection". Victoria and Albert Museum. 16 October 1784. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ Tillotson, Giles Henry Rupert (2000). The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges. Routledge. p. 121. ISBN 9780700712823.
Sources
[edit]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Alefounder, John". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Alefounder, John". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
External links
[edit]- John Alefounder 1757-1794, artist (Alefounder ancestors)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
_Painting_by_Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg){kind=small} | This article about a British painter born in the 18th century is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article about a painter from England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |