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'''Richard Brompton''', a [[portrait painting|portrait painter]], was a pupil of [[Benjamin Wilson (painter)|Benjamin Wilson]]. He afterwards went to Italy, and resided some time at Rome, where he received instructions from [[Anton Raphael Mengs|Raphael Mengs]]. He was there introduced to the patronage of the [[Earl of Northampton]], and accompanied that nobleman to [[Venice]], when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. At Venice he painted a [[Conversation piece|conversation-piece]], in which he introduced the portraits of the [[Duke of York]] and several English gentlemen then on their travels. The picture was afterwards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting. Extravagant living brought him to the [[Queen's Bench|King's Bench]], but he was rescued by the [[Catherine II of Russia|Empress of Russia]], at whose request he went to [[St. Petersburg]], where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. He died in that city in 1782. Among his best works are:
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[[File:Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton by Richard Brompton.jpg|thumb|''Portrait of [[Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton]]'', ca. 1775. Now at the [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]].]]


'''Richard Brompton''' (1734-1783) was an English [[portrait painting|portrait painter]].
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[[File:Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton by Richard Brompton.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''Portrait of [[Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton]]'', ca. 1775. Now at the [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]].]]

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*''The Prince of Wales in the Robes of the Garter, in 1772''; [[mezzotint|mezzotinted]] by John Saunders.
==Life==
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*''Prince Frederick in the Robes of the Bath''; mezzotinted hy John Saunders.
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Brompton was a pupil of [[Benjamin Wilson (painter)|Benjamin Wilson]]. He then went to Italy, and spent some time in Rome, where he had lessons with [[Anton Raphael Mengs|Raphael Mengs]]. He was also introduced to the patronage of the [[Charles Compton, 7th Earl of Northampton|Earl of Northampton]], and accompanied the earl to [[Venice]] when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. At Venice Brompton painted a [[Conversation piece|conversation-piece]], in which he introduced the portraits of the [[Frederick, Duke of York and Albany|Duke of York]] and several English gentlemen then on their travels. The picture was afterwards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Brompton (1734-1783), Artist |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp06726/richard-brompton |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> Extravagant living and debtors brought him to the [[Court of King's Bench (England)|King's Bench]], but he was rescued by the [[Catherine II of Russia|Empress of Russia]], at whose request he went to [[St. Petersburg]], where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. During this time he was patronized by the empress favorite, [[Grigory Potemkin]]. He died in that city in 1783.<ref>{{Cite DNB |wstitle= Brompton, Richard |volume= 6 |last= Fagan |first= Louis Alexander |author-link= Louis Alexander Fagan |page = 405 |short=1}}</ref>
*''The Earl of Chatham''.

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*''Admiral Saunders''; in [[Old Royal Naval College|Greenwich Hospital]]. (pictured)
Among his best works are:

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*''The Prince of Wales in the Robes of the Garter, in 1772''; [[mezzotint]]ed by John Saunders.
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*''Prince Frederick in the Robes of the Bath''; mezzotinted by John Saunders.
*''[[:File:William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham by Richard Brompton.jpg|William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]]'', 1772
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*''Admiral Saunders''; in the [[Old Royal Naval College]], formerly [[Greenwich Hospital, London|Greenwich Hospital]] (pictured)


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite DNB |wstitle= Brompton, Richard |volume= 6 |last= Fagan |first= Louis Alexander |author-link= Louis Alexander Fagan |page = 405 |short=1}}
'''Attribution'''
* {{Bryan (3rd edition)|title=Brompton, Richard |volume=1}}
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sebag Montefiore |first1=Simon |title=Catherine the Great & Potemkin |date=2001 |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson |location=Great Britain |isbn=978-1-780-22834-1 |page=341 |edition=Phoenix Press}}</ref>

==External links==
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Charles Saunders, painted in 1772/1773. Now in the National Maritime Museum.
Portrait of Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, ca. 1775. Now at the National Portrait Gallery.

Richard Brompton (1734-1783) was an English portrait painter.

Life

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Brompton was a pupil of Benjamin Wilson. He then went to Italy, and spent some time in Rome, where he had lessons with Raphael Mengs. He was also introduced to the patronage of the Earl of Northampton, and accompanied the earl to Venice when he was appointed ambassador to the republic. At Venice Brompton painted a conversation-piece, in which he introduced the portraits of the Duke of York and several English gentlemen then on their travels. The picture was afterwards exhibited at the rooms in Spring Gardens in 1763, at which time he returned to England, and for some years practised portrait painting.[1] Extravagant living and debtors brought him to the King's Bench, but he was rescued by the Empress of Russia, at whose request he went to St. Petersburg, where he was appointed portrait painter to the empress, and where he met with much employment. During this time he was patronized by the empress favorite, Grigory Potemkin. He died in that city in 1783.[2]

Among his best works are:

References

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  1. ^ "Richard Brompton (1734-1783), Artist". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
  2. ^ Fagan, Louis Alexander (1886). "Brompton, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 6. p. 405.

Further reading

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Attribution

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Brompton, Richard". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

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  1. ^ Sebag Montefiore, Simon (2001). Catherine the Great & Potemkin (Phoenix Press ed.). Great Britain: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 341. ISBN 978-1-780-22834-1.
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