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'''John Alefounder''' |
'''John Alefounder''' (1757 – 1795) was a portrait and miniature painter, working in London and later in India. |
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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= |accessdate= |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= |accessdate= |volume=1|year= 1905 |publisher= Henry Graves|location=London |page=19}}</ref> He won a silver medal in 1782. |
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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 |
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=http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1154182/h-beard-print-collection-print-alefounder-john/|publisher=Victoria and Albert Museum|title=H Beard Print Collection|accesssdate=6 July 2012}}</ref> |
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He subsequently went to India, |
He subsequently went to India,<ref name=bryan/> He died at [[Calcutta]]<ref name=bryan/> 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|accesssdate=6 July 2012}}</ref> 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=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=aNuj6v9R1eIC&pg=PA121&lpg|page=121|title=The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges|first=Giles Henry Rupert|last= Tillotson|authorlink=Giles Tillotson|publisher=Routledge|year=2000 |
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Revision as of 08:30, 13 August 2012
John Alefounder (1757 – 1795) was a portrait and miniature painter, working in London and later in India.
Life
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,[3] He died at Calcutta[3] on 25 December 1794;[1] according to William Baillie, in a letter written the following year, he committed suicide, in despair at his financial situation.[5]
References
- ^ a b "John Alefounder". Royal Academy Collections.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help); Unknown parameter|accesssdate=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ 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 d Bryan,1886–9
- ^ "H Beard Print Collection". Victoria and Albert Museum.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|accesssdate=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ Tillotson, Giles Henry Rupert (2000). The Artificial Empire: The Indian Landscapes of William Hodges. Routledge. p. 121. ISBN 9780700712823.
Sources
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.[[Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, volume 1|]]
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
- John Alefounder 1757-1794, artist (Alefounder ancestors)
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